This article was originally published with the title “The Steam Turbine: The Steam Engine of Maximum Simplicity and of Highest Thermal Efficiency” in SA Supplements Vol. 51 No. 1307supp ...

Kristen A. Marino, Berit Hinnemann, Emily A. Carter, Atomic-scale insight and design principles for turbine engine thermal barrier coatings from theory, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

New alloys withstand high temperatures with little thermal expansion. Aircraft engines must perform in extremely hot and cold environments. A plane taking off from Antarctica, for example, can ...

Weichai spent more than a year and a half developing its new engine, accumulating more than 200 fresh patents in the process. Its claimed thermal efficiency figure of 53.09% was verified by a ...

New Laser Technology Speeds Drilling Today, most turbine components require some form of nonconductive TBC, thus, final dimension shaping through the TBC is made possible by the many new ...

Achieving 50-percent thermal efficiency could prolong the life of the internal-combustion engine, but there's a catch. By Chris Perkins Published: Feb 26, 2021 2:24 PM EST Save Article ...