These spirals you see on plane engines are, in fact, for more than just for looks - they serve a very important purpose.

giving the effect of a large conventional fan without any visible moving parts and in a small package. It’s left to [Integza] to take this idea and see it as the compressor for a jet engine, and ...

If that plain old wood-and-whatever ceiling fan in your living room isn’t quite generating enough airflow for your liking, perhaps you’d consider a jet engine instead. Well, maybe not an ...

massive fan that covers almost the entire circumference of the engine. As the only visible component of modern-day jet ...

Fan blades and propellers are used to convey power from a source (such as a jet engine) for propulsion or the movement of air. Propellers are an array of fan blades that transmit power by converting ...

Technology developed by Chinese scientists that gives fighter jet engines an unprecedented level of thrust when the ...

The giant new Rolls-Royce engine needs a fan case 3.7m wide Given that it is a technology that has been around since World War Two, how much more efficiency can be squeezed out of the jet engine?

Faster than that, aerodynamic drag created by the large fans that aren't optimized for ... My company Astro Mechanica has invented a new kind of jet engine. Unlike any existing engine, it's ...

Signs of metal fatigue were found where the fan blade separated from the engine, experts said A similar engine fault behind a fatal mid-air engine explosion that punctured a passenger jet window ...