Jet Web: CONNECTIONS in the Development History of Turbojet Engines 1920 - 1950

Eckardt, Dietrich

ISBN 10: 3658385308 / ISBN 13: 9783658385309

Verlag: Springer, 2023

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 401502542

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Jet Web: CONNECTIONS in the Development History of Turbojet Engines 1920 - 1950
• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3658385308
• ISBN-13: 9783658385309
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

The present book describes the development history of turbojet engines, mainly in the web-type triangle Great Britain (USA) - Germany - Switzerland from early beginnings in the 1920s up to the first practical usage in the 1950s, before the still unbroken, grand impact of aero propulsion technology on global air traffic started. interconnections are highlighted, including the considerable impact of axial-flow compressor design know-how of the Swiss/German company BBC Brown Boveri & Cie. on both sides.

The author reveals significant undercurrents which led to a considerable exchange, and thus change in understanding of the technical-historical perspective, especially in the decisive years before WWII, and thus closes gaps in the unilateral views of this ground-breaking technical advancement. The old ‘Whittle vs. von Ohain Saga’ is not repeated in full, but addressed in sufficient detail to understand the considerably enlarged narrative scope.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietrich ECKARDT has more than forty years of professional experience in turbomachinery research, in German turbojet engine and Swiss power generation gas turbine industry. He is winner of the 2017 ASME engineer-historian award.