AVSC 3330 Exam
Axial-flow compressors are less fuel efficient than Centrifugal-flow compressors.
False
The core of the gas turbine that generates expanding gases required to produce thrust
is known as?
The Gas Generator
Why is the core of the turbine engine known as the Gas Generator?
It generates the expanding gases required to produce thrust
What do Gas turbine engines share jet propulsion principles with?
Party balloons that have been inflated and released
What is the forward-most compressor of a dual-compressor engine referred to as?
The low-pressure compressor
What is used to accelerate the velocity of the high-energy gases escaping from the gas
generator?
The nozzle
In an axial-flow compressor section of a turbine engine, what helps to direct and
compress the flow of air?
Stator vanes
What are the set of wheels called that are driven by the exhaust gases in the turbine
section of a turbine engine?
Turbines
The principle, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, comes from what
historical figure?
Isaac Newton
An axial-flow compressor is made up of an alternating series of _____.
Rotating rotor blades and stationary stator vanes
For large turbine engines what drives the starter motors?
High pressure air
What were the earliest jet engine types?
Turbojets