Investigating Turbine Engines and their Operations in Aircraft
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1RECIPROCATING AND TURBINE ENGINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONSPaper Title Capitalized and CenteredName of StudentInstitution Affiliation
2RECIPROCATING AND TURBINE ENGINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONSTable of Contents1)Project one: Reciprocating engine accident investigations..............................................................3i.Abstract.......................................................................................................................................3ii.Analysis of the case study...........................................................................................................3iii.Features and components of reciprocating engines...............................................................3iv.Findings from the case study......................................................................................................6v.Component defects and malfunctions........................................................................................7vi.Recommendations for the reciprocating engine accident investigations...................................82)Project two: turbine engine accident investigations.........................................................................8i.Introduction to turbine engine accident investigations..............................................................8ii.Types of turbine engines and their operations...........................................................................8iii.Recommendations to turbine engine accident investigations................................................93)References.......................................................................................................................................9
3RECIPROCATING AND TURBINE ENGINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS1)Project one: Reciprocating engine accident investigations.i. AbstractThe plane Piper Navajo Chieftain PA31-350 of the air company Air Nunavut Limited crashed shortlyafter take-off during the time it was achieving its climb to the appropriate altitude. It was observed by the pilot that the plane’s right engine developed mechanical failures and was incapacitated to provide sufficient thrust required to maintain the plane’s climb thereby causing the plane to crash. This report forms the critical analysis on the basis of the reciprocating engine investigations for the plane and other investigative subtitles necessary.Reciprocating engines operate mechanically by a to-and-fro motion of the pistons in which the energy generated is transformed via a connecting rod into rotational motion of the crankshaft[CITATION CAr09 \l 1033 ].ii.Analysis of the case study.The plane under study was found to be operating a reciprocating engine which is as well-known as piston engines. This is a heat driven engine which uses pressure on a number of the reciprocating pistons to generate motion. One major type of this kind of operational engines is the internal combustion engine (ICE), which is widely used in automobiles industry[CITATION BVR \l 1033 ]. iii.Features and components of reciprocating engines.The engine has a role for a full operation to generate the required horse power for the motion in the air to be achieved optimally[CITATION DrR01 \l 1033 ]. Components of the engine consist of single or several pistons which are located inside cylinders. In the cylinders, a pressurized hot gas is injected or it can either be ignited through a fuel-air mixture or probably it could be produced due to contact with the heat exchangers at high temperatures[CITATION Fil06 \l 1033 ]. The injected pressurized hot gas in the cylinder pushes down the piston inside the cylinder and then it is brought back to its normal position by use of a flywheel or power from other adjacent
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