The Aerodynamics of Supersonic Powerplant Installations
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
ISSN: 0002-2667
Article publication date: 1 February 1969
Abstract
An exposition of the need of supersonic aircraft to have a variable geometry intake and a fully variable convergent‐divergent nozzle for optimum performance. POWERPLANTS for supersonic aircraft bear only a superficial resemblance to the propulsive units of their subsonic counterparts. A typical subsonic turbojet powerplant consists of a high compression engine with a short fixed intake, and, possibly, a variable convergent nozzle. The supersonic aircraft on the other hand requires a powerplant with a sophisticated variable geometry intake having its own automatic control system and a fully variable convergent‐divergent nozzle in order to extract the full performance throughout the speed range from the slightly lower pressure ratio engine.
Citation
(1969), "The Aerodynamics of Supersonic Powerplant Installations", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 41 No. 2, pp. 25-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034478
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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