News tagged with jet engines
USAF vehicle breaks record for hypersonic flight
An experimental aircraft has set a record for hypersonic flight, flying more than 3 minutes at Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 27, 2010 |
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Jaguar’s new electric concept supercar -- the C-X75
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new Jaguar C-X75 supercar concept model unveiled last week is primarily a plug-in electric car but with the added power and performance of micro gas turbines (jet engines) that would make ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 04, 2010 |
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1,000 mph car to be built next year
(PhysOrg.com) -- The "Bloodhound SSC," a car expected to be able to travel at 1,000 mph (around 1,600 km/h) or faster, is on track to be constructed in the UK early next year. The design was finalized last ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...
Nov 25, 2009 |
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The world's fastest supersonic car's lift problem fixed
Engineers designing the world's fastest car believe they have found a solution to stop the car taking-off.
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Red-hot research could lead to new materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent experiments to create a fast-reacting explosive by concocting it at the nanoscopic level could result in more spectacular firework displays. But more impressive to the Missouri University ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines
New research on infrasound from volcanic eruptions shows an unexpected connection with jet engines. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego speeded up the recorded sounds from two ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
3.8 / 5 (5) |
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CU team's efficient unmanned aircraft jetting toward commercialization
Propulsion by a novel jet engine is the crux of the innovation behind a University of Colorado Boulder-developed aircraft that’s accelerating toward commercialization.
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Superfast airplanes through super tiny technology
An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help supersonic jets fly ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Making use of jellyfish on dry land
John Dabiri, assistant professor of aeronautics and bioengineering at Caltech who won a MacArthur Award this year, is fascinated by jellyfish. He believes jellyfish propulsion can inform engineering, which in turn can inform ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Scientists reveal interaction between supersonic fuel spray and its shock wave
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shock waves are a well tested phenomenon on a large scale, but scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory and their collaborators from Wayne State University and Cornell University have ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Ceramic coatings may protect jet engines from volcanic ash
Last year's $2 billion shutdown of European airspace following a volcanic eruption in Iceland alerted everyone to the danger that ash clouds can pose to aircraft engines.
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Aircraft of the future could capture and re-use some of their own
Tomorrow's aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2012 |
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To fly through ash or not? That's no easy question
(AP) -- To fly, or not? There's no right answer about when it's safe to fly through a cloud of volcanic ash. But it'll be all too obvious if there's a wrong answer, experts say.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Novel ash analysis validates volcano no-fly zones
Planes were grounded all over Europe when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in Iceland last year. But no one knew if the no fly zone was really necessary. And the only way to find out would have been to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2011 |
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