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Old 6th August 2014 | 16:10
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Gysbreght
 
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For turbine engines, density is one effect, temperature is another, particularly near the engine operating limit, which is what we are discussing here. That operating limit is defined by the internal temperatures within the engine, and engine performance is then a function of the ratio between gas temperature limit and ambient temperature. Therefore turbine engine performance parameters are usually normalized with ambient pressure and temperature, not just density.
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