How do jet engines work?

Posted by Keshav Jain on


            Like rockets, jet engines propel an aeroplane with a stream of hot gases. Unlike rockets, which produce hot gas as a result of burning an explosive mixture, jet engines burn fuel in the air that they draw in at the front of the engine?



            Air enters the front of the engine and is compressor wheel. Fuel is injected into the compressed air, burns fiercely and expands. The hot gas rushes out of the jet pipe at the rear of the engine. The hot gas passes through a turbine, which drives the compressor at the front of the engine.



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