Accession Number:

AD0691549

Title:

METHOD OF IMPROVING PICKUP IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Epshtein,L. N.

Report Date:

1969-06-16

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The improvement consists in opening the cross sectional area of the nozzle of a turbine compressor at less than its nominal value when the engine is idling, thus keeping the rotor at higher rpm than would normally be the case. Author

Descriptors:

• (*INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
• GAS TURBINE NOZZLES)
• (*VARIABLE AREA NOZZLES
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING))
• LOADS(FORCES)
• ENGINE SURGE
• ACCELERATION
• SUPERCHARGERS
• NOZZLE GAS FLOW
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Jet and Gas Turbine Engines

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE