Exploration ·
Follow a parcel of air through a jet engine — squeezed, burned, expanded, thrown out of the back — with the cycle worked out live at every step, then see why airliner fans keep growing and why a car's turbocharger is a little gas turbine.
Tool ·
Match a turbo to an engine: pressure ratio and corrected air flow (lb/min and kg/s) at every rpm plotted on an illustrative compressor map — or your own surge and choke lines — with surge and choke margins, compressor-outlet and intake temperatures and estimated power; the turbine side from the power balance (back-pressure, drive ratio, wastegate flow and size, A/R and twin-scroll notes); injectors and fuel pump for the power; and the intercooler.