NASA researchers are utilizing the Pleiades supercomputer to model turbofan engine aerodynamics and acoustics. The project aims to develop software and simulation techniques for faster, cheaper engine ...

A touchy subject in aviation circles is the effect of jet engine noise on human nerves and bodies. Some of the airmen hate to mention it; they fear that people who live near jet bases will blame all ...

You may have noticed them on certain planes when looking out the terminal windows -- a kind of shark-toothed look on the back of some planes' engines. Commercial airplanes, outside of their livery, ...

Prof. An Tao from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel "precessing magnetic jet engine" model to explain the peculiar gamma-ray burst ...