The development of the whittle turbojet

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 1, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Meher Homji, Cyrus B ^a  

^a BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; ENGINES; MARINE ENGINES;

COMBUSTION INTENSITIES; COMPRESSOR EFFICIENCY; COMPRESSOR PRESSURE RATIO; ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNICAL MANPOWER;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 84973622242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/97-GT-528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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