UPDATED. How jet engines work is a subject most flyers don’t know about. But, did you ever wonder how jet engines thrust you safely from point A to B every time you fly?
Here’s an explanation for you, on how jet engines work, which is easy to understand:
The next time you are in the airplane between New York and Paris, flying across the vast Atlantic Ocean you will appreciate their reliability.
Modern jet engines
Today’s jet engines typically provide near-perfect reliability.
You’ll be surprised to find out how easy it is to understand the basics of how this fascinating piece of machinery functions.
The following describes a jet engine continuously running, from start to shut down. It works the same whether you are on the ground or in the air:
The 4 phases of how a basic Jet Engine works: SUCK, SQUEEZE, BANG, BLOW
1. “Suck” is the first phase of how a jet engine works
The air enters (is sucked into) the engine through those metal fan blades in the front.
After the air passes the fan blades in the front of the engine, fuel is also introduced and sucked in, where it is mixed with air.
2. “Squeeze” is the second phase
A compressor “squeezes” (compresses) the ingested air/fuel mixture.
The compressed air/fuel mixture is then approaching an electric spark, where it goes into the next phase:
3. “Bang” is the third phase
Combustion, the “bang”, occurs when the fuel and air mixture is ignited.
This action happens inside what’s called a combustion chamber, located inside the core of the engine.
4. “Blow” is the fourth and final phase
The ignition of the air and fuel mixture creates a fast-moving exhaust, “blow”, through the jet nozzle (see picture above).
The “jets of gas” inside the engine shoot backward.
As a result, the airplane is being “pushed” forward.
This is based on Newton’s Third Law of Motion:
“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”.
You can compare this to an air-filled balloon:
if you let the air escape from the balloon the balloon will thrust away.
Did you know?
- The basic principle of how a jet engine works is actually similar to that of a car engine.
- The “gas pedal” on your jet, one for each engine, is called a throttle, or a thrust lever. The thrust levers are moved by the hand.
- To go faster, or to apply more power: Move the throttles forward (in your car you press your gas pedal).
- To go slower, or to apply less power: Move the throttles back (in your car you depress your gas pedal).
Bonus info for those of you who are into a deeper understanding:
The above description of a jet engine is about the basics.
Modern fan jet engines use some of the energy created by the exhaust (“bang”) to drive an added shaft, which turns a fan near the engine’s intake.
That fan pushes a proportion of the incoming air, known as the “bypass”, AROUND the engine’s hot core and out of the back (instead of directing the air INTO the engine), thus providing additional thrust.
This fan air is creating a “bypass thrust”.
Bypass thrust is more fuel-economical to use than core thrust alone.
Another way to look at bypass thrust is to think about it as fan air made into additional thrust.
Comments or questions on how jet engines work? You can contact us here.
Featured Image: Unsplash.
"easy" - Google News
January 26, 2020 at 02:00AM
https://ift.tt/36kPoC4
How Jet Engines Work: An easy to understand explanation - Captain Jetson Aviation & Travel News
"easy" - Google News
https://ift.tt/38z63U6
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "How Jet Engines Work: An easy to understand explanation - Captain Jetson Aviation & Travel News"
Post a Comment