AMES, Iowa – Engineers know that gas turbine engines for aircraft and power plants are more efficient and burn less fuel when they run at temperatures high enough to melt metal. But how to raise ...
Publicity photo of a first-generation Union Pacific GTEL locomotive and a circa-1923 electric auto in Fremont, Neb. The auto was owned by a local woman and the locomotive was on its way west to haul ...
Gas turbines are widely used for power generation and aircraft propulsion. According to the laws of thermodynamics, the higher the temperature of an engine, the higher the efficiency. Because of these ...