Specific thrust is the thrust per unit air mass flowrate of a jet engine (e.g. turbojet, turbofan, etc.) and can be calculated by the ratio of net thrust/total...
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propellant or a jet engine using fuel, generates thrust. A propulsion system with a higher specific impulse uses the mass of the propellant more efficiently...
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Thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) is the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output. TSFC may also be thought of as fuel...
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Variable cycle engine (section Specific thrust)
reduce aircraft drag at supercruise, SST engines require a high specific thrust (net thrust/airflow) to minimize the powerplant's cross-sectional area. This...
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mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat. The afterburning process...
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Airbreathing jet engine (section Thrust lapse)
greater net thrust to be available at slow speeds. Thus civil turbofans today have a low exhaust speed (low specific thrust – net thrust divided by airflow)...
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is usually placed before "specific" in the full term (e.g., "thrust-specific fuel consumption"). Named and unnamed specific quantities are given for the...
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In orbital mechanics, low-thrust relative transfer is an orbital maneuver in which a chaser spacecraft covers a specific relative distance relative to...
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Thrust reversal, also called reverse thrust, is the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust for it to act against the forward travel of the...
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