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Old 31st Mar 2005, 13:23
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Jet engine.

Do you talk about a "single-head" or "double-head" combustion chamber on a jet engine?

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actually a jet engine is just a fan, a compressor, combustion chamber and a turbine. the air in the combustion chamber is supplied by the compressor, so there is no head.
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Term used are, among others: annular, can-annular and cans.
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Thanks Piltdown Man could you expand on this for me?
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cosworth - may I recommend the excellent 'google'? Type 'annular combustion' into the search box.
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