A new concept for a turbofan engine called the 'Separated Core Turbofan Engine' is proposed and studied under the research program of the ultrahigh bypass turbofan engine for the next generation high-subsonic transport aircraft. The concept engine consists of two subunits, a core engine and a fan engine which are separate from each other. The results of the conceptual study show that this engine has many potential advantages over the current turbofan engines in many respects, including stability of operation and flexibility of configuration, and it also has other applications such as in advanced VTOL transport aircraft.
Separated Core Turbofan Engine
1996
10 pages
Report
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English