Re:New jet engine enables efficiency at every speed for chea...
by ddev0 on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:16AM
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Insightful comment. Do you have any book or youtube recommendations for casual readers like me - A programmer who is fascinated by engines and gets intrusive thoughts like "why ever happened to jetcars? " ( that nagging question again popped up when i read this headline - "Wait, Efficient at any speed"? "wasn't that one of the problems chrysler faced in the 60s ? could this work for roadcars?" )
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Re:New jet engine enables efficiency at every speed for chea...
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:53AM
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> Do you have any book or youtube recommendations
For a low-math text on aeronautical engineering at its core, the FAA's Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge [1][2] is hard to beat. It won't talk much about jet engines, though.
Real Engineering [3] and Mustard [4] tend to do a decent job surveying specific plane designs. And the Wikipedia pages are decently peppered with references.
Otherwise, getting into the weeds on engine design [5] and launch mechanics [6].
[1] https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/a...
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Pilots-Handbook-Aeronautical-Knowledg...
[3] https://www.youtube.com/@RealEngineering
[5] https://www.amazon.com/Jet-Engines-Fundamentals-Theory-Opera...
[6] https://www.amazon.com/Design-Rockets-Launch-Vehicles-Second...
Re:New jet engine enables efficiency at every speed for chea...
by mnw21cam on Thursday February 29, 2024 @12:23PM
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The canonical book for this is "Rolls-Royce - The Jet Engine". It's an old book, but the principles are all there. And hey, someone has put a PDF up on the internet of it, findable by Google. http://www.valentiniweb.com/piermo/meccanica/mat/Rolls%20Roy...