The present book describes the development history of turbojet engines, mainly in the web-type triangle Great Britain (USA) - Germany - Switzerland from early beginnings in the 1920s up to the first practical usage in the 1950s, before the still unbroken, grand impact of aero propulsion technology on global air traffic started. interconnections are highlighted, including the considerable impact of axial-flow compressor design know-how of the Swiss/German company BBC Brown Boveri & Cie. on both sides.
The author reveals significant undercurrents which led to a considerable exchange, and thus change in understanding of the technical-historical perspective, especially in the decisive years before WWII, and thus closes gaps in the unilateral views of this ground-breaking technical advancement. The old ‘Whittle vs. von Ohain Saga’ is not repeated in full, but addressed in sufficient detail to understand the considerably enlarged narrative scope.
Author(s): Dietrich Eckardt
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 747
City: Wiesbaden
Foreword
Figures and Copyrights
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
1: Introduction
2: Survey
2.1 Gas Turbine/Turbojet Timeline Up to 1930
2.1.1 The Lead-Up to 1900
2.1.2 The Gas Turbine Preparation Phase 1900-1930
2.2 Jet Web Timeline in Parallel 1931-1945
2.2.1 Turbomachinery and Aero-Related Activities Up to 1935
Switzerland and Swiss Abroad
Great Britain and British Abroad
Germany and Germans Abroad
2.2.2 Early Turbojet Developments 1935-1939
Switzerland and Swiss Abroad
Great Britain and British Abroad
Germany and Germans Abroad
2.2.3 The War Years 1940-1945
Switzerland and Swiss Abroad
Great Britain/USA and British Abroad
Germany and Germans Abroad
2.3 Gas Turbine/Turbojet Timeline for the Post-War Period 1946-1950
3: Excursion I: Max Koenig (1893-1975) and Claude Seippel (1900-1986)
4: Turbomachinery and Aero-Related Activities at BBC and in International Context up to 1935
4.1 Brown Boveri & Cie
4.1.1 The Founders and Their Works
4.1.2 Early Turbomachinery and Turbochargers
4.1.3 The Path from Aerofoil to First Axial Compressor
4.1.4 First Axial Turbo-Products and Wind Tunnel Blowers
4.2 A.A. Griffith and Early British Activities Towards Aero Gas Turbines
4.2.1 A `Scandal´ To Start With
4.2.2 Griffith´s Secret Reports of 1926 and 1929
4.2.3 Griffith and Whittle: A Patent Conflict?
4.3 Up To High Altitude: The German New Frontier
4.3.1 Thinking the Unthinkable: Poison Gas Bombing
4.3.2 The Altitude Aircraft Developments: From Ju 49 To Ju 86R
4.3.3 The AVA Goettingen and The Axial-Flow Compressor
5: Excursion II: Fritz Heppner (1904-1982) and Hellmut Weinrich (1909-1988)
6: `Connections´ and Early Turbo-Jet Developments 1935-1939
6.1 International Information Exchange/Transfer
6.1.1 The Dawning of a New Technical Age
6.1.2 Too Good to Be True
6.1.3 Berlin, 11-15 October 1938 Or: Circus Lilienthal At The Zoo Palace
6.1.4 Another Booklet and a Cartoon
6.2 Early Axial Turbojet Developments in Germany
6.2.1 Herbert Wagner and His Axial Engine Designs
6.2.2 Hans von Ohain, Going Radial at Heinkel
6.2.3 The RLM Turbojet Programme and Its Management
6.2.4 Initiating the BMW 003 Turbojet
6.2.5 Start of the Junkers Jumo 004 Turbojet Development
6.3 Early Turbojet Developments in Great Britain
6.3.1 Through Adversity to The Stars
6.3.2 The Emerging Swiss Connection
6.3.3 Royal Aircraft Establishment, Metrovick and Brown Boveri
6.3.4 The Power Gas Turbine Re-Insurance
6.3.5 London Calling
6.4 Early Turbojet Developments in the USA and Other Countries
6.4.1 Pioneering US Turbojets: A Difficult Delivery
6.4.2 BBC: At the Cradle of US Turbojets
6.4.3 The Aeronautical Impact of Houdry 100 Octane Fuel
6.4.4 G. Jendrassik and the First Turboprop Engine: From Hungary
7: Excursion III: Helmut Schelp (1912-1994) and Max Adolf Mueller (1901-1962)
7.1 Helmut Schelp´s Youth Up To 1935
7.2 The Making of a `Flugbaumeister´
7.3 Further Theoretical Work and Programme Structuring
7.4 Mauch and Schelp: At and Off RLM After 1939
7.5 The Talented, But Unsteady Max Adolf Mueller (1901-1962)
8: The War Years 1940-1945
8.1 German Turbojet Engine Developments and Related Activities
8.1.1 The Junkers Jumo 109-004 Development and Production Programme
8.1.2 The BMW 109-003 Development and Production Programme
8.1.3 The Heinkel HeS 011 Development Programme
8.1.4 Summary of German Turbojet Engine Developments
8.2 British Turbojet Engine Developments
8.2.1 A Phoney War on Turbojet Propulsion
8.2.2 RAE: From Metrovick to Rolls-Royce and Armstrong Siddeley
8.2.3 Alan Griffith at Rolls-Royce: A Mediocre Balance Up To 1945
8.2.4 Fritz Heppner at ASM: The Rise and Fall of a German Wunder-Engineer
8.3 BBC Aero Gas Turbine Activities and Derivatives
8.3.1 Brown Boveri: A Classic in Business Administration
8.3.2 Swiss Brown Boveri Turboprop Design Exercises
8.3.3 Altitude Test Facilities from Brown Boveri Mannheim
8.3.4 BBC Support to Tank Gas Turbines and an Aero Derivative
8.3.5 Regenerated Aero Gas Turbine Developments
9: Excursion IV: Hermann Reuter (1911-1981) and Hermann Oestrich (1903-1973)
9.1 Hermann Reuter, a Man of Hidden Qualities
9.2 Hermann Oestrich, a Clever Engineer, Always Ready in Time
9.3 Groupe O: en marche
9.4 ATAR: And Its Technology Ancestors
10: The Post-War Period 1946-1955
10.1 Great Britain: An Industrial Head Start, Still Going Radial
10.2 German Aeronautical Technology Transfer to the Allies
10.2.1 Building on German Achievements in the Soviet-Union
10.2.2 Building on German Achievements in the West
10.3 Switzerland: In Search of Its Post-War Possibilities
10.3.1 Swiss Turbojet Engine and Aircraft Awakening
10.3.2 BBC/C.E.M./SOCEMA: Going Aero
10.4 Hermann Oestrich: Taking Care of His People and Himself
11: Summary
12: Attachments
12.1 On Aero Propulsion Patents 1930-1950
12.1.1 Hans von Ohain´s Secret Turbojet Patents
12.1.2 Other Patents
12.2 Convention of the Lilienthal Society for Aeronautical Research e.V., Berlin 12-15 October 1938, List of Selected Particip...
Bibliography
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