Two titans of the jet engine world, with two very different approaches to greatness. One is noticeably larger, but how does ...

Airbus and CFM International have launched a flight test program for "open fan engine architecture" to increase efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions. The open fan design, which eliminates engine ...

Heavy-duty truck cooling systems are going to have to work even harder when 2007 and 2010 emissions regulations go into effect. In anticipation, the makers of truck fans and fan drives have been ...

GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s ...

While just about every modern car uses an electric fan to draw air through the radiator core, prior to the 1990s, every engine was cooled by way of a mechanical fan blade. Even though many hot rods ...

The 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is transforming the way companies in many industries are manufacturing their products, and the aerospace industry is no exception. For example, aircraft ...

Sometimes changing out the most basic engine component can have a profound effect on fleet operations. That’s the case in Texas, where Harold Graves, director of maintenance for Texas Disposal Systems ...

Investigators don’t yet know what caused the engine failure that forced Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 to an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday, but it has similarities to an incident with ...

The Open Fan demonstrator will also be a puller, or tractor, configuration with a single stage of rotating blades and a second nonrotating stage of active, variable-pitch stators. Credit: CFM CFM ...

John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader whose 2011 pickup truck has a fan that never quits. The Car Doctor answers a question from a reader whose 2011 pickup truck has ...

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