The Insane Engineering of the GEnX

2021-10-09

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References

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[2] https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/coffman-combustion-starters

[3] https://www.scalespot.com/reviews/kits/ag330-hypersonic/review.htm

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[5] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_4.html

[6] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_3.html

[7] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/149784

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[10] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_4.html & https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_2.html

[11] https://www2.chem.wisc.edu/deptfiles/genchem/netorial/modules/thermodynamics/energy/energy2.htm#:~:text=Kinetic%20energy%20is%20directly%20proportional,meters%20squared%20per%20second%20squared.

[12] https://www.safran-landing-systems.com/wheels-and-brakes

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[17] https://www.flightglobal.com/analysis-industry-sees-path-to-carbon-neutral-aviation/117396.article

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[19] https://www.materialstoday.com/composite-industry/features/composites-get-in-deep-with-new-generation-engine/

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[26] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20150007508/downloads/20150007508.pdf

[27] https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2012-936

[28] https://blog.geaviation.com/manufacturing/the-magnitude-of-manufacturing/

[29] https://www.sme.org/technologies/articles/2015/august/grinding-gamma-titanium-aluminide/

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[32] https://aviationbenefits.org/newswire/2013/06/chevron-nozzles-reduce-noise/.

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