Components of jet engines

Brief description of components needed for jet engines A bare engine. The Rolls-Royce Trent airliner engine. The engine is facing to the right. This article describes the components and systems found in jet engines. It uses two example engines; the type most familiar to the general public, the modern airliner engine, and the military afterburning engine. The components and systems make up what is known as a bare engine. The article also has a section on inlets. Although the inlet is not part of the engine, the engine relies on it to help prevent compressor surging (by reducing inlet distortion), and to give a pressure boost to the engine which reduces its fuel consumption (by converting the relative speed of the approaching air into pressure). The article also mentions the nacelle because the outside of an airliner engine has to be streamlined so that as little of its thrust as possible is lost to the drag of the air flowing past the engine. Overview of components in a modern airliner engine Major components of a modern airliner engine showing the gas generator (yellow) in the middle of the engine turning faster than the fan and its turbine. A model of a V2500 engine. Engines for a