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- Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research - Design and calculations of a combustion chamber for a turbojet engine (PDF)
- International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science - Fabrication of Turbojet Engine
- NASA - Turbojet Engine
- Purdue University - College of Engineering - Turbojet Engines
- International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews - Design and Analysis of Turbo Jet Engine
- Eagle Pubs - Turbojet Engines
- CiteSeerX - Work Transfer Analysis of Turbojet and Turbofan Engines (PDF)
- Academia - Turbojet and Turbofan Engine Performance Increases Through Turbine Burners
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- turbofan
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- On the Web:
- Purdue University - College of Engineering - Turbojet Engines (May 07, 2025)
turbojet,jet engine in which a turbine-driven compressor draws in and compresses air, forcing it into a combustion chamber into which fuel is injected. Ignition causes the gases to expand and to rush first through theturbine and then through a nozzle at the rear. Forward thrust is generated as a reaction to the rearward momentum of the exhaust gases.
The first turbojet-powered aircraft, a Heinkel He 178, was flown inGermany in 1939. A turbojet had beendevised some years earlier in England bySir Frank Whittle, but the first flight using his engine did not take place until 1941.
During the 1960s theturbofan, or fanjet, a modification of the turbojet, came into common use. Some of the incoming air is bypassed around the combustion chamber and is accelerated to the rear by a turbine-operated fan. The turbofan moves a much greater mass of air than the simple turbojet, providing advantages inpower and economy.Compareramjet.
