Turbofan

Not to be confused with propfan.The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet en-

Schematic diagram of a high-bypass turbofan engine

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 turbofan powering a Boeing 787 Dream-liner testight

gine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The wordturbofan is a portmanteau of turbine and fan": theturbo portion refers to a gas turbine engine which takesmechanical energy from combustion,[1] and the fan, aducted fan that uses the mechanical energy from the gasturbine to accelerate air rearwards. Thus, whereas allthe air taken in by a turbojet passes through the turbine(through the combustion chamber), in a turbofan someof that air bypasses the turbine. A turbofan thus can bethought of as a turbojet being used to drive a ducted fan,with both of those contributing to the thrust. The ratioof the mass-ow of air bypassing the engine core com-pared to the mass-ow of air passing through the coreis referred to as the bypass ratio. The engine producesthrust through a combination of these two portions work-ing in concert; engines that use more jet thrust relative

Engine Alliance GP7000 turbofan awaiting installation on anAirbus A380 under construction

to fan thrust are known as low bypass turbofans, con-versely those that have considerably more fan thrust thanjet thrust are known as high bypass. Most commercialaviation jet engines in use today are of the high-bypasstype, and most modern military ghter engines are low-bypass. Afterburners are not used on high-bypass turbo-fan engines but may be used on either low-bypass turbo-fan or turbojet engines.Most of the air ow through a high-bypass turbofan islow-velocity bypass ow: even when combined with themuch higher velocity engine exhaust, the net average ex-haust velocity is considerably lower than in a pure turbo-jet. Engine noise is largely a function of exhaust velocity,therefore turbofan engines are signicantly quieter thana pure-jet of the same thrust. Other factors include tur-bine blade and exhaust outlet geometries, such as noise-reducing chevrons seen on the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000and General Electric GEnx engines used on the Boeing787.Since the eciency of propulsion is a function of the rel-ative airspeed of the exhaust to the surrounding air, pro-pellers are most ecient for low speed, pure jets for highspeeds, and ducted fans in the middle. Turbofans are thusthe most ecient engines in the range of speeds fromabout 500 to 1,000 km/h (310 to 620 mph), the speed atwhich most commercial aircraft operate.[2][3] Turbofansretain an eciency edge over pure jets at low supersonicspeeds up to roughly Mach 1.6, but have also been foundto be ecient when used with continuous afterburner atMach 3 and above.The vast majority of turbofans follow the same basic de-

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sign, with a large fan at the front of the engine and a rela-tively small jet engine behind it. There have been a num-ber of variations on this design, however, including rear-mounted fans which can easily be added to an existingpure-jet design, or designs that combine a low-pressureturbine and a fan stage in a single rear-mounted unit.

1 Early turbofans

Rolls-Royce Conway low bypass turbofan from a Boeing 707.The bypass air exits from the ns whilst the exhaust from thecore exits from the central nozzle. This uted jetpipe design is anoise-reducing method devised by Frederick Greatorex at Rolls-Royce

General Electric GEnx-2B turbofan engine from a Boeing 747-8.View into the outer (propelling or cold) nozzle.

Early turbojet engines were very fuel-inecient, as theiroverall pressure ratio and turbine inlet temperature wereseverely limited by the technology available at the time.In 1939-1941 Soviet designer Arkhip Lyulka elaboratedthe design for the Worlds rst turbofan engine, and ac-quired a patent for this new invention on April 22, 1941.Although several prototypes were built and ready for statetests, Lyulka was in 1941 forced to abandon his researchand evacuate to the Urals following the Nazi invasion ofthe Soviet Union. So the rst tested turbofan was ap-

parently the German Daimler-Benz DB 670 (designatedas the 109-007 by the RLM) which was operated on itstestbed on April 1, 1943. The engine was abandonedlater while the war went on and problems could not besolved. The British wartime Metrovick F.2 axial ow jetwas given a fan, as the Metrovick F.3 in 1943, to createthe rst British turbofan.[4]

Improved materials, and the introduction of twin com-pressors such as in the Bristol Olympus[5] and the laterPratt &Whitney JT3C engine, increased the overall pres-sure ratio and thus the thermodynamic eciency of en-gines, but they also led to a poor propulsive eciency,as pure turbojets have a high specic thrust/high velocityexhaust better suited to supersonic ight.The original low-bypass turbofan engines were designedto improve propulsive eciency by reducing the exhaustvelocity to a value closer to that of the aircraft. The Rolls-Royce Conway, the worlds rst production turbofan, hada bypass ratio of 0.3, similar to the modern General Elec-tric F404 ghter engine. Civilian turbofan engines of the1960s, such as the Pratt & Whitney JT8D and the Rolls-Royce Spey had bypass ratios closer to 1, but were notdissimilar to their military equivalents.The unusual General Electric CF700 turbofan engine wasdeveloped as an aft-fan engine with a 2.0 bypass ratio.This was derived from the General Electric J85/CJ610turbojet (2,850 lbf or 12,650 N) to power the largerRockwell Sabreliner 75/80 model aircraft, as well as theDassault Falcon 20 with about a 50% increase in thrust(4,200 lbf or 18,700 N). The CF700 was the rst smallturbofan in the world to be certied by the Federal Avi-ation Administration (FAA). There are now over 400CF700 aircraft in operation around the world, with anexperience base of over 10 million service hours. TheCF700 turbofan engine was also used to train Moon-bound astronauts in Project Apollo as the powerplant forthe Lunar Landing Research Vehicle. The CJ805-23 wasa similar, but larger, design.

2 Low-bypass turbofanA high specic thrust/low bypass ratio turbofan normallyhas amulti-stage fan, developing a relatively high pressureratio and, thus, yielding a high (mixed or cold) exhaustvelocity. The core airow needs to be large enough togive sucient core power to drive the fan. A smaller coreow/higher bypass ratio cycle can be achieved by raisingthe (HP) turbine rotor inlet temperature.Imagine a retrot situation where a new low bypass ra-tio, mixed exhaust, turbofan is replacing an old turbo-jet, in a particular military application. Say the newengine is to have the same airow and net thrust (i.e.same specic thrust) as the one it is replacing. A bypassow can only be introduced if the turbine inlet temper-ature is allowed to increase, to compensate for a corre-

3Schematic diagram illustrating a 2-spool, low-bypass turbofanengine with a mixed exhaust, showing the low-pressure (green)and high-pressure (purple) spools. The fan (and booster stages)are driven by the low-pressure turbine, whereas the high-pressurecompressor is powered by the high-pressure turbine

spondingly smaller core ow. Improvements in turbinecooling/material technology would facilitate the use ofa higher turbine inlet temperature, despite increases incooling air temperature, resulting from a probable in-crease in overall pressure ratio.Eciently done, the resulting turbofan would probablyoperate at a higher nozzle pressure ratio than the turbojet,but with a lower exhaust temperature to retain net thrust.Since the temperature rise across the whole engine (in-take to nozzle) would be lower, the (dry power) fuel owwould also be reduced, resulting in a better specic fuelconsumption (SFC).A few low-bypass ratio military turbofans (e.g., F404)have Variable Inlet Guide Vanes, with piano-style hinges,to direct air onto the rst rotor stage. This improvesthe fan surge margin (see compressor map) in the mid-ow range. The swing wing F-111 achieved a very highrange/payload capability by pioneering this, and it wasalso the heart of the famous F-14 Tomcat air superiorityghter which used the same engines in a smaller, more ag-ile airframe to achieve ecient cruise and Mach 2 speed.

3 Afterburning turbofanFurther information: afterburnerSince the 1970s, most jet ghter engines have beenlow/medium bypass turbofans with a mixed exhaust,afterburner and variable area nal nozzle. An afterburneris a combustor located downstream of the turbine bladesand directly upstream of the nozzle, which burns fuelfrom afterburner-specic fuel injectors. When lit, prodi-gious amounts of fuel are burnt in the afterburner, rais-ing the temperature of exhaust gases by a signicant de-gree, resulting in a higher exhaust velocity/engine spe-cic thrust. The variable geometry nozzle must open to alarger throat area to accommodate the extra volume owwhen the afterburner is lit. Afterburning is often de-

Pratt & Whitney F119 afterburning turbofan on test

signed to give a signicant thrust boost for take o, tran-sonic acceleration and combat maneuvers, but is very fuelintensive. Consequently afterburning can only be usedfor short portions of a mission.Unlike the main combustor, where the downstreamturbine blades must not be damaged by high tem-peratures, an afterburner can operate at the idealmaximum (stoichiometric) temperature (i.e., about2100K/3780Ra/3320F). At a xed total applied fuel:airratio, the total fuel ow for a given fan airow will bethe same, regardless of the dry specic thrust of the en-gine. However, a high specic thrust turbofan will, bydenition, have a higher nozzle pressure ratio, resultingin a higher afterburning net thrust and, therefore, a lowerafterburning specic fuel consumption (SFC). However,high specic thrust engines have a high dry SFC. The sit-uation is reversed for a medium specic thrust afterburn-ing turbofan: i.e., poor afterburning SFC/good dry SFC.The former engine is suitable for a combat aircraft whichmust remain in afterburning combat for a fairly long pe-riod, but only has to ght fairly close to the aireld (e.g.cross border skirmishes) The latter engine is better for anaircraft that has to y some distance, or loiter for a longtime, before going into combat. However, the pilot canonly aord to stay in afterburning for a short period, be-fore aircraft fuel reserves become dangerously low.Modern low-bypass military turbofans include the Pratt&Whitney F119, the Eurojet EJ200, the General ElectricF110, the Klimov RD-33, and the Saturn AL-31, all ofwhich feature a mixed exhaust, afterburner and variablearea propelling nozzle.

4 High-bypass turbofan

Further information: Bypass ratioThe low specic thrust/high bypass ratio turbofans usedin todays civil jetliners (and some military transport air-craft) evolved from the high specic thrust/low bypass ra-tio turbofans used in such [production] aircraft back inthe 1960s.

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Animation of a 2-spool, high-bypass turbofan.A. Low-pressure spoolB. High-pressure spoolC. Stationary components1. Nacelle2. Fan3. Low-pressure compressor4. High-pressure compressor5. Combustion chamber6. High-pressure turbine7. Low-pressure turbine8. Core nozzle9. Fan nozzle

Schematic diagram illustrating a 2-spool, high-bypass turbofanengine with an unmixed exhaust. The low-pressure spool iscoloured green and the high-pressure one purple. Again, the fan(and booster stages) are driven by the low-pressure turbine, butmore stages are required. A mixed exhaust is often employednowadays.

Low specic thrust is achieved by replacing the multi-stage fan with a single-stage unit. Unlike some militaryengines, modern civil turbofans do not have any stationaryinlet guide vanes in front of the fan rotor. The fan is scaledto achieve the desired net thrust.The core (or gas generator) of the engine must generatesucient core power to at least drive the fan at its de-sign ow and pressure ratio. Through improvements inturbine cooling/material technology, a higher (HP) tur-bine rotor inlet temperature can be used, thus facilitatinga smaller (and lighter) core and (potentially) improving

the core thermal eciency. Reducing the core mass owtends to increase the load on the LP turbine, so this unitmay require additional stages to reduce the average stageloading and to maintain LP turbine eciency. Reducingcore ow also increases bypass ratio (5:1, or more, is nowcommon).Further improvements in core thermal eciency can beachieved by raising the overall pressure ratio of the core.Improved blade aerodynamics reduces the number of ex-tra compressor stages required. With multiple compres-sors (i.e., LPC, IPC, and HPC) dramatic increases inoverall pressure ratio have become possible. Variable ge-ometry (i.e., stators) enable high-pressure-ratio compres-sors to work surge-free at all throttle settings.

Cutaway diagram of the General Electric CF66 engine

The rst high-bypass conventional turbofan engine - theearlier Bristol Siddeley Pegasus was a specialised VTOLengine - was the General Electric TF39, designed in mid1960s to power the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy military trans-port aircraft.[3] The civil General Electric CF6 engineused a derived design. Other high-bypass turbofans arethe Pratt & Whitney JT9D, the three-shaft Rolls-RoyceRB211 and the CFM International CFM56; also thesmaller TF34. More recent large high-bypass turbofansinclude the Pratt & Whitney PW4000, the three-shaftRolls-Royce Trent, the General Electric GE90/GEnx andthe GP7000, produced jointly by GE and P&W.For reasons of fuel economy, and also of reduced noise,almost all of todays jet airliners are powered by high-bypass turbofans. Although modern combat aircraft tendto use low bypass ratio turbofans, military transport air-craft (e.g., C-17 ) mainly use high bypass ratio turbofans(or turboprops) for fuel eciency.The higher the bypass ratio of a turbofan, the lower themean jet outlet velocity, which in turn translates intohigh thrust lapse rates (decreasing thrust with increas-ing speed). Therefore, engines capable of considerablyhigh ight speeds (e.g., Mach 0.83) generate relativelyhigh thrust at low speed or at idle. Among others, thisincreases runway performance.The turbofans on twin engined airliners are further more

5.1 Single-shaft turbofan 5

powerful to cope with losing one engine during take-o,which reduces the aircrafts net thrust by half. Moderntwin engined airliners normally climb very steeply imme-diately after take-o. If one engine is lost, the climb-outis much shallower, but sucient to clear obstacles in theightpath.The Soviet Unions engine technology was less advancedthan the Wests and its rst wide-body aircraft, theIlyushin Il-86, was powered by low-bypass engines. TheYakovlev Yak-42, a medium-range, rear-engined aircraftseating up to 120 passengers introduced in 1980 was therst Soviet aircraft to use high-bypass engines.

5 Turbofan congurations

Turbofan engines come in a variety of engine congura-tions. For a given engine cycle (i.e., same airow, bypassratio, fan pressure ratio, overall pressure ratio and HP tur-bine rotor inlet temperature), the choice of turbofan con-guration has little impact upon the design point perfor-mance (e.g., net thrust, SFC), as long as overall compo-nent performance is maintained. O-design performanceand stability is, however, aected by engine congura-tion.As the design overall pressure ratio of an engine cycle in-creases, it becomes more dicult to throttle the compres-sion system, without encountering an instability known ascompressor surge. This occurs when some of the com-pressor aerofoils stall (like the wings of an aircraft) caus-ing a violent change in the direction of the airow. How-ever, compressor stall can be avoided, at throttled condi-tions, by progressively:1) opening interstage/intercompressor blow-o valves(inecient)and/or2) closing variable stators within the compressorMost modern American civil turbofans employ a rela-tively high-pressure-ratio high-pressure (HP) compres-sor, with many rows of variable stators to control surgemargin at part-throttle. In the three-spool RB211/Trentthe core compression system is split into two, with theIP compressor, which supercharges the HP compressor,being on a dierent coaxial shaft and driven by a sepa-rate (IP) turbine. As the HP compressor has a modestpressure ratio it can be throttled-back surge-free, withoutemploying variable geometry. However, because a shal-low IP compressor working line is inevitable, the IPC hasone stage of variable geometry on all variants except the535, which has none.[6]

5.1 Single-shaft turbofanAlthough far from common, the single-shaft turbofan isprobably the simplest conguration, comprising a fan andhigh-pressure compressor driven by a single turbine unit,all on the same shaft. The SNECMA M53, which pow-ers Mirage ghter aircraft, is an example of a single-shaftturbofan. Despite the simplicity of the turbomachineryconguration, the M53 requires a variable area mixer tofacilitate part-throttle operation.

5.2 Aft-fan turbofanOne of the earliest turbofans was a derivative of theGeneral Electric J79 turbojet, known as the CJ805-23,which featured an integrated aft fan/low-pressure (LP)turbine unit located in the turbojet exhaust jetpipe. Hotgas from the turbojet turbine exhaust expanded throughthe LP turbine, the fan blades being a radial extension ofthe turbine blades. This aft-fan conguration was laterexploited in the General Electric GE-36 UDF (propfan)Demonstrator of the early 80s. One of the problems withthe aft fan conguration is hot gas leakage from the LPturbine to the fan.

5.3 Basic two spoolMany turbofans have the basic two-spool congurationwhere both the fan and LP turbine (i.e., LP spool) aremounted on a second (LP) shaft, running concentricallywith the HP spool (i.e., HP compressor driven by HP tur-bine). The BR710 is typical of this conguration. Atthe smaller thrust sizes, instead of all-axial blading, theHP compressor conguration may be axial-centrifugal(e.g., General Electric CFE738), double-centrifugal oreven diagonal/centrifugal (e.g., Pratt & Whitney CanadaPW600).

5.4 Boosted two spoolHigher overall pressure ratios can be achieved by eitherraising the HP compressor pressure ratio or adding anintermediate-pressure (IP) Compressor between the fanand HP compressor, to supercharge or boost the latterunit helping to raise the overall pressure ratio of the en-gine cycle to the very high levels employed today (i.e.,greater than 40:1, typically). All of the large Americanturbofans (e.g., General Electric CF6, GE90 and GEnxplus Pratt & Whitney JT9D and PW4000) feature an IPcompressor mounted on the LP shaft and driven, like thefan, by the LP turbine, the mechanical speed of which isdictated by the tip speed and diameter of the fan. TheRolls-Royce BR715 is a non-American example of this.The high bypass ratios (i.e., fan duct ow/core ow) usedin modern civil turbofans tends to reduce the relative di-ameter of the attached IP compressor, causing its mean

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tip speed to decrease. Consequently more IPC stages arerequired to develop the necessary IPC pressure rise.

5.5 Three spool

Rolls-Royce chose a three spool conguration for theirlarge civil turbofans (i.e., the RB211 and Trent fami-lies), where the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor ismounted on a separate (IP) shaft, running concentricallywith the LP and HP shafts, and is driven by a separateIP turbine. The rst three spool engine was the earlierRolls-Royce RB.203 Trent of 1967.Ivchenko Design Bureau chose the same conguration fortheir Lotarev D-36 engine, followed by Lotarev/ProgressD-18T and Progress D-436.The Turbo-Union RB199 military turbofan also has athree spool conguration, as do the military KuznetsovNK-25 and NK-321.

5.6 Geared fan

Main article: Geared turbofanAs bypass ratio increases, the mean radius ratio of the

Geared turbofan

fan and low-pressure turbine (LPT) increases. Conse-quently, if the fan is to rotate at its optimum blade speedthe LPT blading will spin slowly, so additional LPT stageswill be required, to extract sucient energy to drive thefan. Introducing a (planetary) reduction gearbox, witha suitable gear ratio, between the LP shaft and the fanenables both the fan and LP turbine to operate at theiroptimum speeds. Typical of this conguration are thelong-establishedHoneywell TFE731, theHoneywell ALF502/507, and the recent Pratt & Whitney PW1000G.

5.7 Military turbofans

Most of the congurations discussed above are used incivilian turbofans, while modern military turbofans (e.g.,SNECMA M88) are usually basic two-spool.

Duct work on an Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet At subsonicspeeds, the increasing diameter of the inlet duct slows incomingair, causing its static pressure to increase.

5.8 High-pressure turbine

Most civil turbofans use a high-eciency, 2-stage HP tur-bine to drive the HP compressor. The CFM56 uses an al-ternative approach: a single-stage, high-work unit. Whilethis approach is probably less ecient, there are savingson cooling air, weight and cost. In the RB211 and Trentseries, Rolls-Royce split the two stages into two discreteunits; one on the HP shaft driving the HP compressor; theother on the IP shaft driving the IP (intermediate pres-sure) compressor. Modern military turbofans tend to usesingle-stage HP turbines.

5.9 Low-pressure turbine

Modern civil turbofans have multi-stage LP turbines(e.g., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). The number of stages required de-pends on the engine cycle bypass ratio and how muchsupercharging (i.e., IP compression) is on the LP shaft,behind the fan. A geared fan may reduce the number ofrequired LPT stages in some applications.[7] Because ofthe much lower bypass ratios employed, military turbo-fans only require one or two LP turbine stages.

76 Cycle improvementsConsider a mixed turbofan with a xed bypass ratioand airow. Increasing the overall pressure ratio of thecompression system raises the combustor entry tempera-ture. Therefore, at a xed fuel ow there is an increasein (HP) turbine rotor inlet temperature. Although thehigher temperature rise across the compression systemimplies a larger temperature drop over the turbine sys-tem, the mixed nozzle temperature is unaected, becausethe same amount of heat is being added to the system.There is, however, a rise in nozzle pressure, because over-all pressure ratio increases faster than the turbine expan-sion ratio, causing an increase in the hot mixer entry pres-sure. Consequently, net thrust increases, whilst specicfuel consumption (fuel ow/net thrust) decreases. A sim-ilar trend occurs with unmixed turbofans.So turbofans can be made more fuel ecient by raisingoverall pressure ratio and turbine rotor inlet temperaturein unison. However, better turbine materials and/or im-proved vane/blade cooling are required to cope with in-creases in both turbine rotor inlet temperature and com-pressor delivery temperature. Increasing the latter mayrequire better compressor materials.Overall pressure ratio can be increased by improving fan(or) LP compressor pressure ratio and/or HP compressorpressure ratio. If the latter is held constant, the increasein (HP) compressor delivery temperature (from raisingoverall pressure ratio) implies an increase in HP mechan-ical speed. However, stressing considerations might limitthis parameter, implying, despite an increase in overallpressure ratio, a reduction in HP compressor pressure ra-tio.According to simple theory, if the ratio of turbine ro-tor inlet temperature/(HP) compressor delivery tempera-ture is maintained, the HP turbine throat area can be re-tained. However, this assumes that cycle improvementsare obtained, while retaining the datum (HP) compres-sor exit ow function (non-dimensional ow). In prac-tice, changes to the non-dimensional speed of the (HP)compressor and cooling bleed extraction would probablymake this assumption invalid, making some adjustmentto HP turbine throat area unavoidable. This means theHP turbine nozzle guide vanes would have to be dier-ent from the original. In all probability, the downstreamLP turbine nozzle guide vanes would have to be changedanyway.

7 Thrust growthThrust growth is obtained by increasing core power.There are two basic routes available:

1. hot route: increase HP turbine rotor inlet tempera-ture

2. cold route: increase core mass ow

Both routes require an increase in the combustor fuel owand, therefore, the heat energy added to the core stream.The hot route may require changes in turbine blade/vanematerials and/or better blade/vane cooling. The coldroute can be obtained by one of the following:

1. adding T-stages to the LP/IP compression2. adding a zero-stage to the HP compression3. improving the compression process, without adding

stages (e.g. higher fan hub pressure ratio)

all of which increase both overall pressure ratio and coreairow.Alternatively, the core size can be increased, to raise coreairow, without changing overall pressure ratio. Thisroute is expensive, since a new (upowed) turbine system(and possibly a larger IP compressor) is also required.Changes must also be made to the fan to absorb the ex-tra core power. On a civil engine, jet noise considera-tions mean that any signicant increase in Take-o thrustmust be accompanied by a corresponding increase in fanmass ow (to maintain a T/O specic thrust of about 30lbf/lb/s). To reduce noise civilian turbofans have a spe-cially shaped nozzle that limits the exhaust speed to sub-sonic speeds. This leads to a thermic clogging termedchoked nozzle where the mass ow cannot be increasedbeyond a certain amount. Thus, the mass ow can onlybe increased through the bypass airstream, usually by in-creasing fan diameter. On military engines, the fan pres-sure ratio would probably be increased to improve spe-cic thrust, jet noise not normally being an important fac-tor.

8 Technical discussion1. Specic Thrust (net thrust/intake airow) is an im-

portant parameter for turbofans and jet engines ingeneral. Imagine a fan (driven by an appropriatelysized electric motor) operating within a pipe, whichis connected to a propelling nozzle. It is fairly obvi-ous, the higher the Fan Pressure Ratio (fan dischargepressure/fan inlet pressure), the higher the jet veloc-ity and the corresponding specic thrust. Now imag-ine we replace this set-up with an equivalent turbo-fan - same airow and same fan pressure ratio. Ob-viously, the core of the turbofan must produce suf-cient power to drive the fan via the Low Pressure(LP) Turbine. If we choose a low (HP) Turbine InletTemperature for the gas generator, the core airowneeds to be relatively high to compensate. The cor-responding bypass ratio is therefore relatively low.If we raise the Turbine Inlet Temperature, the core

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airow can be smaller, thus increasing bypass ratio.Raising turbine inlet temperature tends to increasethermal eciency and, therefore, improve fuel e-ciency.

2. Naturally, as altitude increases there is a decrease inair density and, therefore, the net thrust of an engine.There is also a ight speed eect, termed ThrustLapse Rate. Consider the approximate equation fornet thrust again:

Fn = m (Vjfe Va)With a high specic thrust (e.g., ghter) engine, thejet velocity is relatively high, so intuitively one cansee that increases in ight velocity have less of animpact upon net thrust than a medium specic thrust(e.g., trainer) engine, where the jet velocity is lower.The impact of thrust lapse rate upon a low specicthrust (e.g., civil) engine is even more severe. Athigh ight speeds, high-specic-thrust engines canpick up net thrust through the ram rise in the intake,but this eect tends to diminish at supersonic speedsbecause of shock wave losses.

3. Thrust growth on civil turbofans is usually obtainedby increasing fan airow, thus preventing the jetnoise becoming too high. However, the larger fanairow requires more power from the core. Thiscan be achieved by raising the Overall Pressure Ra-tio (combustor inlet pressure/intake delivery pres-sure) to induce more airow into the core and by in-creasing turbine inlet temperature. Together, theseparameters tend to increase core thermal eciencyand improve fuel eciency.

4. Some high bypass ratio civil turbofans use an ex-tremely low area ratio (less than 1.01), convergent-divergent, nozzle on the bypass (or mixed exhaust)stream, to control the fan working line. The noz-zle acts as if it has variable geometry. At low ightspeeds the nozzle is unchoked (less than a MachNumber of unity), so the exhaust gas speeds up as itapproaches the throat and then slows down slightlyas it reaches the divergent section. Consequently,the nozzle exit area controls the fan match and, be-ing larger than the throat, pulls the fan working lineslightly away from surge. At higher ight speeds, theram rise in the intake increases nozzle pressure ra-tio to the point where the throat becomes choked(M=1.0). Under these circumstances, the throatarea dictates the fan match and, being smaller thanthe exit, pushes the fan working line slightly towardssurge. This is not a problem, since fan surge marginis much better at high ight speeds.

5. The o-design behaviour of turbofans is illustratedunder compressor map and turbine map.

6. Because modern civil turbofans operate at low spe-cic thrust, they only require a single fan stage to

develop the required fan pressure ratio. The desiredoverall pressure ratio for the engine cycle is usuallyachieved by multiple axial stages on the core com-pression. Rolls-Royce tend to split the core com-pression into two with an intermediate pressure (IP)supercharging the HP compressor, both units be-ing driven by turbines with a single stage, mountedon separate shafts. Consequently, the HP compres-sor need only develop a modest pressure ratio (e.g.,~4.5:1). US civil engines use much higher HP com-pressor pressure ratios (e.g., ~23:1 on the GeneralElectric GE90) and tend to be driven by a two-stageHP turbine. Even so, there are usually a few IP ax-ial stages mounted on the LP shaft, behind the fan,to further supercharge the core compression system.Civil engines havemulti-stage LP turbines, the num-ber of stages being determined by the bypass ratio,the amount of IP compression on the LP shaft andthe LP turbine blade speed.

7. Because military engines usually have to be able toy very fast at Sea Level, the limit on HP compres-sor delivery temperature is reached at a fairly mod-est design overall pressure ratio, compared with thatof a civil engine. Also the fan pressure ratio is rel-atively high, to achieve a medium to high specicthrust. Consequently, modern military turbofansusually only have 5 or 6 HP compressor stages andonly require a single-stage HP turbine. Low bypassratio military turbofans usually have one LP tur-bine stage, but higher bypass ratio engines need twostages. In theory, by adding IP compressor stages, amodern military turbofan HP compressor could beused in a civil turbofan derivative, but the core wouldtend to be too small for high thrust applications.

9 Engine NoiseTurbofan engine noise propagates both upstream the inletand downstream the primary nozzle and the by-pass duct.The main noise sources are the turbine and the compres-sor, the jet and the fan. The contribution of each noisesource signicantly evolved in the last decades:[8] in typ-ical 1960s design the jet was the main source whereas inmodern turbofans the fan is the main noise source.The fan noise is a tonal noise and its signature depends onthe fan rotational speed:

at low speed, the fan noise is due to the interaction ofthe blades with the distorted ow injected in the en-gine; This happens for example during the approach;

at high engine ratings, the fan tip is supersonic andthis allows intense rotor-locked duct modes to prop-agate upstream. This noise is known as buzz sawand is typical at take-o.[9]

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All modern turbofan engines are equipped with Acousticliners to damp the noise generated. These are installed inthe nacelle they extend as much as possible to cover thelargest area. The acoustic performance of the engine canbe experimentally evaluated by means of ground tests[10]or in dedicated experimental test rigs.[11]

10 Recent developments in bladetechnology

The turbine blades in a turbofan engine are subject to highheat and stress, and require special fabrication. New ma-terial construction methods and material science have al-lowed blades, which were originally polycrystalline (reg-ular metal), to be made from lined up metallic crystalsand more recently mono-crystalline (i.e., single crystal)blades, which can operate at higher temperatures with lessdistortion.Nickel-based superalloys are used for HP turbine bladesin almost all modern jet engines. The temperature capa-bilities of turbine blades have increased mainly throughfour approaches: the manufacturing (casting) process,cooling path design, thermal barrier coating (TBC), andalloy development.Although turbine blade (and vane) materials have im-proved over the years, much of the increase in (HP)turbine inlet temperatures is due to improvements inblade/vane cooling technology. Relatively cool air is bledfrom the compression system, bypassing the combustionprocess, and enters the hollow blade or vane. The gastemperature can therefore be even higher than themeltingtemperature of the blade.[12] After picking up heat fromthe blade/vane, the cooling air is dumped into the maingas stream. If the local gas temperatures are low enough,downstream blades/vanes are uncooled and not adverselyaected.Strictly speaking, cycle-wise the HP Turbine Rotor InletTemperature (after the temperature drop across the HPTstator) is more important than the (HP) turbine inlet tem-perature. Although some modern military and civil en-gines have peak RITs of the order of 1,560 C (2,840F), such temperatures are only experienced for a shorttime (during take-o) on civil engines.

11 Turbofan engine manufactur-ers

The turbofan engine market is dominated by GeneralElectric, Rolls-Royce plc and Pratt & Whitney, in or-der of market share. GE and SNECMA of France havea joint venture, CFM International. Pratt & Whitneyalso have a joint venture, International Aero Engines withJapanese Aero Engine Corporation and MTU of Ger-

many, specializing in engines for the Airbus A320 fam-ily. Pratt & Whitney and General Electric have a jointventure, Engine Alliance selling a range of engines foraircraft such as the Airbus A380.

11.1 General ElectricGE Aviation, part of the General Electric Conglomer-ate, currently has the largest share of the turbofan enginemarket. Some of their engine models include the CF6(available on the Boeing 767, Boeing 747, Airbus A330and more), GE90 (only the Boeing 777) and GEnx (de-veloped for the Boeing 747-8 & Boeing 787 Dreamlinerand proposed for the Airbus A350, currently in develop-ment) engines. On the military side, GE engines powermany U.S. military aircraft, including the F110, power-ing 80% of the US Air Forces F-16 Fighting Falcons,and the F404 and F414 engines, which power the NavysF/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet. Rolls-Royce and Gen-eral Electric were jointly developing the F136 engine topower the Joint Strike Fighter, however, due to govern-ment budget cuts, the program has been eliminated.

11.2 Rolls-RoyceRolls-Royce plc is the second largest manufacturer of tur-bofans and ismost noted for their RB211 and Trent series,as well as their joint venture engines for the Airbus A320and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 families (IAE V2500with Pratt & Whitney and others), the Panavia Tornado(Turbo-Union RB199) and the Boeing 717 (BR700).The Rolls-Royce AE 3007, developed by Allison EngineCompany before its acquisition by Rolls-Royce, powersseveral Embraer regional jets. Rolls-Royce Trent 970swere the rst engines to power the newAirbus A380. Thefamous thrust vectoring Pegasus - actually a Bristol Sid-deley design taken on by Rolls-Royce when they took overthat company - is the primary powerplant of the HarrierJump Jet and its derivatives.

11.3 Pratt & WhitneyPratt & Whitney is third behind GE and Rolls-Royce inmarket share. The JT9D has the distinction of being cho-sen by Boeing to power the original Boeing 747 Jumbojet. The PW4000 series is the successor to the JT9D,and powers some Airbus A310, Airbus A300, Boeing747, Boeing 767, Boeing 777, Airbus A330 and MD-11aircraft. The PW4000 is certied for 180-minute ETOPSwhen used in twinjets. The rst family has a 94-inch(2.4 m) fan diameter and is designed to power the Boe-ing 767, Boeing 747, MD-11, and the Airbus A300. Thesecond family is the 100 inch (2.5 m) fan engine devel-oped specically for the Airbus A330 twinjet, and thethird family has a diameter of 112-inch (2.8 m) designedto power Boeing 777. The Pratt & Whitney F119 and its

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derivative, the F135, power the United States Air ForcesF-22 Raptor and the international F-35 Lightning II, re-spectively. Rolls-Royce are responsible for the lift fanwhich will provide the F-35B variants with a STOVL ca-pability. The F100 engine was rst used on the F-15 Ea-gle and F-16 Fighting Falcon. Newer Eagles and Falconsalso come with GE F110 as an option, and the two are incompetition.

11.4 CFM InternationalCFM International is a joint venture between GE Air-craft Engines and SNECMA of France. They have cre-ated the very successful CFM56 series, used on Boeing737, Airbus A340, and Airbus A320 family aircraft.

11.5 Engine AllianceEngine Alliance is a 50/50 joint venture between GeneralElectric and Pratt & Whitney formed in August 1996to develop, manufacture, sell, and support a familyof modern technology aircraft engines for new high-capacity, long-range aircraft.[13] The main application forsuch an engine, the GP7200, was originally the Boeing747500/600X projects, before these were cancelledowing to lack of demand from airlines. Instead, theGP7000 has been re-optimised for use on the AirbusA380 superjumbo. In that market it is competing withthe Rolls-Royce Trent 900, the launch engine for the air-craft. The two variants are the GP7270 and the GP7277.

11.6 International Aero EnginesInternational Aero Engines is a Zrich-registered jointventure between Pratt & Whitney, MTU Aero Enginesand Japanese Aero Engine Corporation. The collabo-ration produced the V2500, the second most successfulcommercial jet engine program in production today interms of volume, and the third most successful commer-cial jet engine program in aviation history.[14]

11.7 Williams InternationalWilliams International is a manufacturer of small gas tur-bine engines based in Walled Lake, Michigan, UnitedStates. It produces jet engines for cruise missiles andsmall jet-powered aircraft. They have been producingengines since the 1970s and the range produces between1000 and 3600 pounds of thrust. The engines are used asoriginal equipment on the Cessna CitationJet CJ1 throughCJ4 and Cessna Mustang, Beechcraft 400XPR and Pre-mier 1a and there are several development programs withother manufacturers. The range is also very popular withthe re-enginemarket being used by Sierra Jet and Nextantto breath new life into aging platforms.

11.8 Honeywell Aerospace

Honeywell Aerospace is one of the largest manufacturerof aircraft engines and avionics,[15] as well as a pro-ducer of auxiliary power units (APUs) and other aviationproducts. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, it is adivision of the Honeywell International conglomerate.Honeywell/ITEC F124 series is used in military jets,such as the Aero L-159 Alca and the Alenia Aermac-chi M-346. The Honeywell HTF700 series is used inthe Bombardier Challenger 300[16] and the GulfstreamG280.[17] The ALF502 and LF507 turbofans are pro-duced by a partnership between Honeywell and Chinasstate-owned Industrial Development Corporation. Thepartnership is called the International Turbine EngineCo.[18]

11.9 Aviadvigatel

Aviadvigatel is a Russian manufacturer of aircraft en-gines that succeeded the Soviet Soloviev Design Bu-reau. The company currently oers[19] several versionsof the Aviadvigatel PS-90 engine that powers Ilyushin Il-96300/400/400T, Tupolev Tu-204, Tu-214 series andthe Ilyushin Il-76-MD-90. The company is also develop-ing the new Aviadvigatel PD-14 engine for the new Rus-sian MS-21 airliner.[20]

11.10 Ivchenko-Progress

Ivchenko-Progress is the Ukrainian aircraft engine com-pany that succeeded the Soviet Ivchenko Design Bureau.Some of their engine models include Progress D-436available on the Antonov An-72/74, Yakovlev Yak-42,Beriev Be-200, Antonov An-148 and Tupolev Tu-334and Progress D-18T that powers two of the worlds largestairplanes, Antonov An-124 and Antonov An-225.

11.11 NPO Saturn

NPO Saturn is a Russian aircraft engine manufacturer,formed from the mergers of Rybinsk and Lyul'ka-Saturn. Saturns engines include Lyulka AL-31, LyulkaAL-41, NPO Saturn AL-55 and power many formerEastern Bloc aircraft, such as the Tupolev Tu-154. Sat-urn holds a 50% stake in the PowerJet joint venture withSnecma.

11.12 PowerJet

PowerJet is a 50-50 joint venture between Snecma(Safran) andNPOSaturn, created in July 2004. The com-pany manufactures SaM146, the sole powerplant for theSukhoi Superjet 100.

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11.13 KlimovKlimov was formed in the early 1930s to produce andimprove upon the liquid-cooled Hispano-Suiza 12Y V-12piston engine for which the USSR had acquired a license.Currently, Klimov is themanufacturer of the Klimov RD-33 turbofan engines.

11.14 EuroJetEuroJet Turbo GmbH is a multi-national consortium, thepartner companies of which are Rolls Royce of theUnitedKingdom, Avio of Italy, ITP of Spain andMTUAero En-gines of Germany. Eurojet GmbH was formed in 1986to manage the development, production, support, main-tenance, support and sales of the EJ200 turbofan enginefor the Euroghter Typhoon.[21]

11.15 Chinese TurbofansThree Chinese corporations build turbofan engines.Some of these are licensed or reverse engineered ver-sions of European and Russian turbofans, and the otherare indigenous models, but all are in developmentphase. Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (manufacturerof Shenyang WS-10), Xi'an Aero-Engine Corporation(manufacturer of Xian WS-15) and Guizhou Aircraft In-dustry Corporation (manufacturer of Guizhou WS-13)manufacture turbofans.

11.16 Japanese TurbofansThree Japanese corporations build turbofan engines. Oneof these is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, that manufac-tured under license the Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofanfor the Kawasaki C-1 military transport aircraft. Theothers are Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries.

11.17 Gas Turbine Research Establish-ment (GTRE)

Gas Turbine Research Establishment is owned by DRDOof Government of India. It produced the GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri turbofan intended to power HAL Tejas andHAL Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft being built bythe Aeronautical Development Agency.

General Electric CF6 which powers the AirbusA300, Boeing 747, Douglas DC-10 and other air-craft

Rolls-Royce Trent 900 undergoing climatic testing Pratt & Whitney PW4000 which powered the rstBoeing 777

The CFM56 which powers the Boeing 737, theAirbus A320 and other aircraft

Engine Alliance GP7000 turbofan for the AirbusA380

Williams F107 which powers the Raytheon BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile

Honeywell Aerospace Lycoming ALF 502 whichpowers the British Aerospace 146

Aviadvigatel PD-14 which will be used on the IrkutMC-21

Ivchenko-Progress D-436 sharing the three shaftprincipal with Rolls-Royce Trent

NPO Saturn AL-55 which powers certain UAVs Klimov RD-33 which powers the Mikoyan MiG-29and Mikoyan MiG-35 ghters

Eurojet EJ200 which powers the Euroghter Ty-phoon

GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri developed by GTRE forHAL Tejas

12 Extreme bypass jet enginesIn the 1970s, Rolls-Royce/SNECMA tested aM45SD-02turbofan tted with variable pitch fan blades to improvehandling at ultra low fan pressure ratios and to providethrust reverse down to zero aircraft speed. The enginewas aimed at ultra quiet STOL aircraft operating fromcity centre airports.In a bid for increased eciency with speed, a develop-ment of the turbofan and turboprop known as a propfanengine was created that had an unducted fan. The fanblades are situated outside of the duct, so that it appearslike a turboprop with wide scimitar-like blades. BothGeneral Electric and Pratt & Whitney/Allison demon-strated propfan engines in the 1980s. Excessive cabinnoise and relatively cheap jet fuel prevented the enginesbeing put into service.

13 TerminologyAfterburner extra combustor immediately upstream of

nal nozzle (also called reheat)

Augmentor afterburner on low-bypass turbofan en-gines.

Average stage loading constant (delta tempera-ture)/[(blade speed) (blade speed) (number ofstages)]

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Bypass airstream that completely bypasses the corecompression system, combustor and turbine system

Bypass ratio bypass airow /core compression inlet air-ow

Core turbomachinery handling the airstream that passesthrough the combustor.

Core power residual shaft power from ideal turbine ex-pansion to ambient pressure after deducting corecompression power

Core thermal eciency core power/power equivalentof fuel ow

Dry afterburner (if tted) not lit

EGT Exhaust Gas Temperature

EPR Engine Pressure Ratio

Fan turbofan LP compressor

Fan pressure ratio fan outlet total pressure/intake de-livery total pressure

Flex temp use of articially high apparent air tempera-ture to reduce engine wear

Gas generator engine core

HP compressor high-pressure compressor (also HPC)

HP turbine high-pressure turbine

Intake ram drag penalty associated with jet enginespicking up air from the atmosphere (conventionalrocket motors do not have this drag term, becausethe oxidiser travels with the vehicle)

IEPR Integrated engine pressure ratio

IP compressor intermediate pressure compressor (alsoIPC)

IP turbine intermediate pressure turbine (also IPT)

LP compressor low-pressure compressor (also LPC)

LP turbine low-pressure turbine (also LPT)

Net thrust nozzle total gross thrust - intake ram drag(excluding nacelle drag, etc., this is the basic thrustacting on the airframe)

Overall pressure ratio combustor inlet total pres-sure/intake delivery total pressure

Overall thermal eciency thermal eciency * propul-sive eciency

Propulsive eciency propulsive power/rate of produc-tion of propulsive kinetic energy (maximum propul-sive eciency occurs when jet velocity equals ightvelocity, which implies zero net thrust!)

Specic fuel consumption (SFC) total fuel ow/netthrust (proportional to ight velocity/overall thermaleciency)

Spooling up accelerating, marked by a delay

Static pressure normal meaning of pressure. Excludesany kinetic energy eects

Specic thrust net thrust/intake airow

Thermal eciency rate of production of propulsive ki-netic energy/fuel power

Total fuel ow combustor (plus any afterburner) fuelow rate (e.g., lb/s or g/s)

Total pressure static pressure plus kinetic energy term

Turbine rotor inlet temperature gas absolute meantemperature at principal (e.g., HP) turbine rotor en-try

14 See also Jet engine Turbojet Turboprop Turboshaft Propfan Axial fan design Variable cycle engine Jet engine performance Gas turbine Turbine engine failure

15 Notes and references[1] Marshall Brain. How Gas Turbine Engines Work. how-

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[7] The geared turbofan technology - Opportunities, chal-lenges and readiness status PDF C. Riegler, C.Bichlmaier:, 1st CEAS European Air and Space Confer-ence, 1013 September 2007, Berlin, Germany

[8] Kempton, A, Acoustic liners for modern aero-engines,15th CEAS-ASC Workshop and 1st Scientic Workshopof X-Noise EV, 2011.

[9] A. McAlpine Research project: Buzz-saw noise and non-linear acoustics

[10] Schuster, B., Lieber, L., & Vavalle, A., Optimization of aseamless inlet liner using an empirically validated predic-tion method. In 16th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Con-ference, Stockholm, Sweden.

[11] Ferrante, P. G., Copiello, D., & Beutke, M.. Designand experimental verication of true zero-splice acous-tic liners in the universal fan facility adaptation (UFFA)modular rig,. In 17h AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Con-ference, AIAA-2011-2728, Portland, OR.

[12] Spittle, Peter. Gas turbine technology Rolls-Royce plc,2003. Retrieved: 21 July 2012.

[13] About Us | Engine Alliance

[14] International Aero Engines - History. IAE.

[15] Slaton, Hunter R., Vault Guide to the Top Manuafactur-ing Employers, Vault Inc. (2nd Edition)

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[18] By Ernst-Heinrich Hirschel, Horst Prem and GeroMadelung. Published by Springer. "Aeronautical researchin Germany: from Lilienthal until today, Volume 147.Page 427.

[19] PS-90A turbofan, Aviadvigatel, 2011-01-17

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[21] Eurojet: Company prole. www.eurojet.de. Retrieved2007-07-05.

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