PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Its not rocket science...or is it?
View Single Post
Old 10th Feb 2008, 16:19
  #36 (permalink)  
Just an Engineer
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Manchester
Posts: 33
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
When we study propellers we know that they are affected by the efficiency of propulsion related to the a/c speed. Jet engine instead aren't.

Why the fan stage is not considered to be the same as a propeller.... the only difference looks to be the number of blades!!!! hence it should behave as a propeller!!!!

The turbofan should have a great dependency on the a/c speed too... instead it doesn't.... why?

The aerodynamic profile of a fan blade is slightly different from a propellor. (As they have different design aims)

A propellor is designed to produce most of the forward thrust of an engine whereas a fan blade is designed to be a integral part of the compressor (speeding up the air and compressing it at each succesive stage) . The front fan of a bypass engine is simply the first stage of the compressor albeit large one. This allows a larger portion of the resultant airflow to pass the main core/combustion process
Just an Engineer is offline