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Old 8th Jan 2012, 01:37
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Well if doesn't create dynamic pressure - what accelerates the gas?
The temperature rise in the burner expands the gas - thus its velocity increases smartly. But it's still subsonic flow, in an environment where the velocity of M1.0 is greatly increased compared to ambient. The flow becomes choked at the first stage turbine nozzle, and this sonic flow is what drives the turbine rotor.
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