A set of rotating blades that extracts power from a flow. In aviation this primarily refers to the section of a gas turbine that extracts power from the combusted gases, as part of a turboshaft, turboprop, or jet engine.
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What's that rattling noise from parked jets?
While walking around the airport on a windy day I occasionally hear a tingling or rattling noise from the engines of the parked jets. You can see the fans rotating in the breeze. What’s causing the noise? I should add that the aircraft are not in…
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Is my understanding of a gas turbine engine compressor correct?
So I understand that the rotors add dynamic pressure to the airflow and this dynamic pressure airflow is transformed into static pressure in the stator vanes. But now does the airflow still have dynamic pressure once it leaves the stator vanes, or…
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Turbine engine part identification
I picked this up at a yard sale (we call them boot fairs in the UK)
Can anyone identify it ? I'm not good with gas turbines. It is stamped with the serial number 579451A. Its 40 inches in diameter, and the blades/vanes are approx. 12 inches long.…
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How is turbine engine oil pressure associated with turbine engine speed?
I've seen scenarios where engine oil pressure can be used to indicate if turbine engines are performing correctly at intended speed.
How exactly is this associated?
I'm not certain, but if I had to guess; the EDP (engine driven pump) from engine…
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What is the definition of “blade scatter” in gas turbine compressor dynamic balancing?
Can someone help me define “blade scatter” gas turbine compressor dynamic balancing?
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