Jet Engine Design

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diffuser

compressor

combustion chamber

turbine

nozzle

• 1-2 Isentropic compression in diffuser

• 2-3 Isentropic compression through compressor

• 3-4 Constant pressure heat addition
  in combustion chamber
  

• 4-5 Isentropic expansion through turbine

• 5-6 Isentropic expansion in nozzle

• 6-1 Constant pressure heat rejection

Idealized air-standard

Brayton cycle

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