Explore: Inlet Nozzles

switched to a converging-diverging nozzle in his steam jet pumps by 1878 after using convergent nozzles but these nozzles remained a company secret. In 1888

on by air or sea, and it can use water jets for propulsion since the inlet nozzles are always covered by water. The United States Navy initiated the SES

intake (inlet) — For subsonic aircraft, the inlet is a duct which is required to ensure smooth airflow into the engine despite air approaching the inlet from

applications such as: aircraft inlet design, objects in supersonic flight, and (at a more fundamental level) supersonic nozzles and diffusers. Depending on

combustion chamber, which caused warping and fracturing of the turbine inlet nozzles. Around seven weeks after its first flight, on 4th January 1944, DG204/G

Controlled flow-separation nozzles include: expanding nozzle, bell nozzles with a removable insert, stepped nozzles, or dual-bell nozzles. These are generally

the inlet nozzle (at the suction) is empty or filled with the air it will damage the impeller. The difference between pressure created at the inlet nozzle

60086 711 8, p. 328. "Variable Area Exhaust Nozzle", U.S. Patent 3,062,003 "Variable Geometry Exhaust Nozzles and Their Effects on Airplane Performance"

Turbofan engine noise propagates both upstream via the inlet and downstream via the primary nozzle and the by-pass duct. Other noise sources are the fan

Astronautics. ISBN 1-56347-538-3. Mattingly, Jack D. (2006). "Chapter 10: Inlets, Nozzles, and Combustion Systems". Elements of Propulsion: Gas Turbines and