turbojet
Compressor-driven aircraft engine
A turbojet is a type of jet engine that produces thrust by compressing air, mixing it with fuel, igniting the mixture, and expelling the hot gases at high speed.
It was the earliest form of jet engine used in aviation and powered the first generation of jet aircraft.
Turbojets are efficient at high speeds but have largely been replaced by turbofans in commercial aviation due to their noise and fuel consumption at lower speeds.
Pressure-increasing mechanical device
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- diffuserDevice that scatters evenly
spool · stator · rotor · inlet · exhaust · bypass · ramjet · scramjet
Force driving movement forward
- forceStrength or compulsion
- exhaustUse up entirely
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
acceleration · impulse · efflux · throttle · reaction · eject · blast · Newton
Airborne transportation vehicle
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
fuselage · wing · tailfin · altitude · airspeed · runway · takeoff · landing
Directed rate of motion
- machAirspeed-to-soundspeed ratio
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
- hypersonicFaster than Mach five
- transonicNear sound-speed velocity
subsonic · acceleration · aerodynamics · drag · streamline · fast · rapid · kinetics
compressor
Pressure-increasing mechanical device
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
- burnerHeat-producing device component
diffuser · spool · stator · rotor · inlet · exhaust · bypass · ramjet · scramjet · combustor
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
momentum · acceleration · impulse · efflux · throttle · reaction · eject · blast · Newton · vectoring
aircraft
Airborne transportation vehicle
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
cockpit · fuselage · wing · tailfin · altitude · airspeed · runway · takeoff · landing · hangar
velocity
Directed rate of motion
- machAirspeed-to-soundspeed ratio
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
- hypersonicFaster than Mach five
transonic · subsonic · acceleration · aerodynamics · drag · streamline · fast · rapid · kinetics · dynamics
- enginesdiesel engine, gasoline engine, car engine, truck engine, piston engine
- propulsionrocket, thrusting, jets, rockets, launching
- fast travelbullet train, airplane, plane, speedboat, rocket
- WWII inventionsradar, jeep, penicillin, atomic bomb, V-2 rocket
- turbomachineryrotor, stator, blade, blades, impeller
- jet enginesramjet, scramjet, fanjet, pulsejet, combustor
turbojetpiston engine
Motor using cylinder strokes
reciprocating engine · radial engine · glider · sailplane · turboprop