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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
10. Airplane Engines
Author : Michael Palocz-Andresen
Published in: Decreasing Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions in Transportation
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Abstract
Aircraft engines operate with reciprocating, i.e., a four-stroke internal combustion engines or with gas turbines. Gas turbines, operating continuously and using the principle of the Brayton-cycle, have gained a leading position in the last 50 years. Most modern airliners use gas turbines in jet engines, fly faster, and at higher altitudes than reciprocating engine and propeller-driven airplanes.