Why Don’t Jet Engines Melt? dives into everything from a jet engine’s basic operation and towering size to the high-tech materials and tricks—like nickel superalloys, gamma-prime strengthening, single-crystal turbine blades and precision casting—that keep turbine blades from turning into molten goo at thousands of degrees.
Along the way you’ll get a history of the first jet engine, a peek inside Rolls-Royce’s casting facility, animations of crystal structures and even what happens when you hurl sand into a spinning turbine. It’s a fun, geeky tour of engineering, materials science and aerospace history.
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