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Specific thrust is the thrust per unit air mass flowrate of a jet engine (e.g. turbojet, turbofan, etc.) and can be calculated by the ratio of net thrust/total intake airflow.[1]
Low specific thrust engines tend to be more efficient of propellant (at subsonic speeds), but also have a lower effective exhaust velocity and lower maximum airspeed. High specific thrust engines are mostly used for supersonic speeds, and high specific thrust engines can achieve hypersonic speeds.
Specificthrust is the thrust per unit air mass flowrate of a jet engine (e.g. turbojet, turbofan, etc.) and can be calculated by the ratio of net thrust/total...
propellant or a jet engine using fuel, generates thrust. A propulsion system with a higher specific impulse uses the mass of the propellant more efficiently...
velocity, giving much more thrust per unit energy (lower specificthrust). Both airstreams contribute to the gross thrust of the engine. The additional...
reduce aircraft drag at supercruise, SST engines require a high specificthrust (net thrust/airflow) to minimize the powerplant's cross-sectional area. This...
mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat. The afterburning process...
is usually placed before "specific" in the full term (e.g., "thrust-specific fuel consumption"). Named and unnamed specific quantities are given for the...
high thrust, low specific impulse chemical rockets and low thrust, high specific impulse electric propulsion, but has not yet demonstrated high thrust. The...
In orbital mechanics, low-thrust relative transfer is an orbital maneuver in which a chaser spacecraft covers a specific relative distance relative to...
greater net thrust to be available at slow speeds. Thus civil turbofans today have a low exhaust speed (low specificthrust – net thrust divided by airflow)...
Thrust reversal, also called reverse thrust, is the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust for it to act against the forward travel of the...
the air to attain a higher temperature increasing the specificthrust. If the generated thrust is less than the aerodynamic drag of the ducting and radiator...
regulators to disfavor the practice. SST engines need a fairly high specificthrust (net thrust/airflow) during supersonic cruise, to minimize engine cross-sectional...
nozzle (PCT patent pending) contracts in the subsonic mode for optimal specificthrust. As the engine accelerates to supersonic velocities, the articulated...
In the gravitational two-body problem, the specific orbital energy ε {\displaystyle \varepsilon } (or vis-viva energy) of two orbiting bodies is the constant...
Tongue thrust (also called reverse swallow or immature swallow) is a pseudo-pathological name of what is either considered a normal adaptive lip seal mechanism...
8 to 1. Raptor's target performance was a vacuum specific impulse of 382 s (3,750 m/s), with a thrust of 3 MN (670,000 lbf), a chamber pressure of 300 bar...
are the lightest and have the highest thrust, but are the least propellant-efficient (they have the lowest specific impulse). The ideal exhaust is hydrogen...
efficiency within a shaft engine Thrust-specific fuel consumption, fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output This disambiguation page...
the Merlin 1C had a sea-level thrust of 350 kN (78,000 lbf), a vacuum thrust of 400 kN (90,000 lbf) and a vacuum specific impulse of 304 s (2.98 km/s)...
of high bypass ratio turbofans. One of the methods used to reduce Thrust-specific fuel consumption is to improve Propulsive Efficiency. This involves...
discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition may include rocket, water...
Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program. It was designed to produce maximum thrust in the 35,000 lbf (156 kN) class. Prototype engines were installed in the...
and oxygen as propellants, generating an average thrust of 518 N and delivering 290 seconds of specific impulse. Rotating combustion also created a torque...
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