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¶ … Advances in jet engine design [...] new jet engine types or theoretical designs, including specifications, theory of operation, and how they will benefit modern aviation. Research on new technologies proliferates in the jet engine arena. There are many companies and government agencies attempting to advance jet engine design and performance, including engines that can think for themselves, engines which can fly at seven times the speed of sound, and advanced software to help create these new designs.
ADVANCES IN JET ENGINE DESIGN
Scientists and researchers are continually searching for new technologies for the future, and jet engine design is no exception to this search. New jet engine technologies are in various stages of research and design today, and modern aviation can look forward to many innovations that will move people and freight farther, faster, and with less jet noise in the future. NASA and the Air Force are two governmental agencies that are conducting research on how to improve jet engine technologies, but private enterprise is also looking at ways to improve the technology.
At the Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, researchers are looking into jet engines that can actually react to their current conditions and adapt. A report online on the engines notes, "Researchers envision an intelligent engine that will be flexible and able to adapt,...
These engines will contain special diagnostic sensors, integrated power and control packages, active component stabilization, active compressor and combustor controls, and will be controlled by an "engine area network" from the ground. These engines are fundamentally maintenance free until they flag themselves for attention. These engines are a true leap into futuristic technology, and are an improvement over current engines in many ways, including: keeping the engine from damaging itself in case of failure, diagnosing an engine failure before it happens, and describing exactly what needs to be done to repair the engine. This new design "will combine these technologies with those developed in the Versatile Core and Durability Focus Areas to set the stage for a new generation of capable, affordable, survivable propulsion systems for aerodynamic systems" (Lewis). These engines will be cheaper to operate, and will operate longer and more safely. These "no-hassle" engines will create less need for maintenance personnel, and greater engine life, which will benefit the aviation industry in cost reduction and engine reliability.
Many designers are working on jet engines that will travel faster than the speed of sound, with quieter technology, and will use less fuel. Many…
GE Aviation Division, Aircraft Engines This paper discusses General Electric Corporation (GE), specifically the arm which focuses on the production of aircraft engines. Until 2005, the GE Aviation division (GEA) operated under the designation of General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE). We will analyze GEA from a product standpoint, as well as from a business operations standpoint. We will firstly discuss the beginnings of GE as a maker of aircraft engines. We
Honda Corporate Jet Department Departmental Analysis: Honda Corporate Jet Department Background of Honda Aviation Department The department of Honda Jet bears its beginnings in Honda Aviation. The journey to the aviation industry began when engineer Michimasa Fujino, initiated the vision in 1986 of Honda's participation in research and development in advanced airborne Honda (Honda, 2012). Close to four decades later, the vision is almost a realization as Honda Jet is now in its
Television. Perhaps as no other medium in the history of humankind, television became such an integral part of the human condition during the latter part of the 20th century that no one today can likely imagine what life would truly be like without it. Television has certainly had a major impact on American society (Chalkey, 1993). Although many children and adults are spending more time on the computer than watching
And new capabilities are being added to chips. These include microelectromechanical systems (MEMs), "such as sensors and actuators, and digital signal processors that enable cost reductions and extend it into new types of devices. Examples of MEM devices include ink-jet printer cartridges, hard disk drive heads, accelerometers that deploy car airbags, and chemical and environmental sensors" (Gulliksen 2000). Trends toward improvements in microelectronics and MEMs are expected to continue as
It was unstable and you couldn't see forward very well. You wouldn't want to design another like it. But it changed the world by being a catalyst for thinking about aviation" (Malnic 2007). MacCready received his grant from the Royal Aeronautical Society, which has, since 1959, offered its Kremer Prizes for advances in human-powered flight. MacCready is widely praised as the Kremer Prize's most innovative recipient, as he created vehicles
Cognitive laziness, according to the experts, is a condition in which people reveal a tendency to take short cuts for a number of things, including a short cut to flying on automation, as in this case. Social loafing refers to the tendency displayed by people, in which people tend to expend lesser effort in any given situation, when there is a group of individuals involved. ("Cockpit automation may bias