Why the future of jet engines is duct-free
From an open-fan design to carbon-fibre composite fan blades, this company is reimagining jet engines.
Tag: engine design
A new type of engine will soon be producing green power
After decades working on other people’s projects, this engineer decided to turn his attention to an interest of his own: ...
The scramjet is a super-fast, experimental engine with no moving parts
As a concept, the hypersonic scramjet has been around since the 1960s. But engineers only now have the material to ...
“Right engine, wrong time”: Why the crankless engine never found fame like its combustion cousin
Possibly one of engineering’s most under-appreciated innovations, the crankless engine was the right product at the wrong time.
