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on that fluid. The sign convention is that
Fi
is positive when it acts in the di-
rection of flight (i.e., opposite to the direction of the freestream flow). Because
the fuel and bleed airflows may be assumed to have negligible axial momen-
tum when they cross their respective control volume boundaries, they contribute
nothing to the internal thrust. The impulse function of Sec. 1.9.5 may there-
fore be applied directly to show that the internal thrust is given by the simple
expression
Fi = 19 - 11
(E.8)
The internal engine thrust
Fi
may be easily evaluated from quantities provided by
ONX or AEDsys by means of Eq. (E.8).
Uninstalled Thrust
The uninstalled thrust F of an engine is an extremely useful engineering ide-
alization that allows all parties concerned to communicate about this important
property with clarity and precision. It is also the primary thrust measure used in
this textbook. The uninstalled thrust F is defined as the net axial force that would
be produced by an engine immersed in a perfect or inviscid external flow. It is
equal and opposite to the force exerted on all of the fluid influenced by the engine
and is positive when it acts in the direction of flight. The derivation of the relation-
ships governing uninstalled thrust is greatly simplified by the careful selection of
appropriate control volumes.
The control volume for the external airflow is shown in Fig. E. 1. Please note
that 1) the flow is treated as axisymmetric only in order to minimize the algebraic
complexity and increase the transparency of the results; 2) the inner boundary of
the control volume is the streamtube that divides external flow from internal engine
flow (i.e., it consists of the streamtubes approaching and leaving the engine plus
the outer surface of the engine); 3) the axial extent of the control volume is suffi-
ciently large compared with the engine that the static pressure equals atmospheric
pressure and the streamlines are parallel to the centerline over the entire upstream
and downstream boundaries; 4) the upstream frontal area
Acv
of the control vol-
ume is sufficiently large compared with the engine that the static pressure equals
atmospheric pressure over the entire outer boundary, and the outer boundary is a
streamtube; 5) the A and dA of the inner boundary are measured perpendicular to
the centerline (consistent with throughflow area terminology) and dA is taken as
positive when the throughflow area of the internal boundary increases in the axial
direction (see detailed sketch); and 6) the supporting pylon that holds the engine
in place and transmits the uninstalled thrust F via stresses exacted on the control
volume boundary to the vehicle exerts no axial force on the external flow.
Because the external flow is inviscid or isentropic, traditional streamline argu-
ments lead to the conclusion that the freestream velocity and density are constant
along the upstream and downstream boundaries. Consequently, the external flow
experiences no change of axial momentum and the net axial force exerted over
the control volume boundary must be zero. Further, mass conservation leads to
the conclusion that the upstream and downstream frontal areas are equal. Finally,
because the inviscid external flow generates no frictional boundary forces, the