PRATT & WHITNEY J58

航機二甲 李孟衡 40631155

• ORIGINS
• HOW IT WORK
• DESIGN FEATURE
• ANTHER DETAIL
• SPECIFICATAION
• AIRCRAFT APPLICATION
 ORIGINS
• The J58 engine was developed in the late 1950s by Pratt and Whitney
Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation to meet a U.S. Navy
requirement. It was designed to operate for extended speeds of Mach 3.0+
and at altitudes of more than 80,000 ft. The J58 was the first engine designed
to operate for extended periods using its afterburner, and it was the first
engine to be flight-qualified at Mach 3 for the Air Force. The J58 was only
used on the Lockheed YF-12 interceptor and its descendents, the A-12 and
SR-71.
 HOW IT WORK
The whole diagram is the complete engine nacelle made up of the
airflow inlet the j58 engine ,the convergent divergent ejector and the
airplane body
.AT SPEED BELOW MACH2,THE J58 ACTS LIKE ANY OTHER AFTER BURNING TURBOJET
ENGINE
AIR FLOWS INTO THE NACELLE THROUGH THE INLET,WHERE IT’S ALLOWED TO
DIFFUSE BEHIND THE SUPERSONIC SHOCKWAVE BEFOR MOVING INTO THE MULTI-
STAGE AXIAL COMPRESSOR HERE THE AIR IS COMPRESSED BEFOR HEADING INTO
THE BURNER WHERE FUEL IS ADDED FOR COMBUSTION . THE HEATED EXHAUST
TURNS THE TURBINE AND PROVIDES THE ENGINES’S FORWARD THRUST AS ITS
ACCEERAATED TO HIGH SPEED BY THE EJECTOR . THE TURBINE TRUNS THE
COMPRESSOR AND KEEPS THE ENGINE CYCLE GOING
 just after the turbine is the afterburning, where more fuel is
added to the exhaust in order to get as much of the oxygen out of
the air as possible. While afterburners allow for powerful bursts of
acceleration they’re really inefficient ,costing huge amount of
fuel for the increased force
 Design Features
WHAT MAKES THE J58 ENGINE SO DIFFERENT THAN
ALL OTHER TURBOJETS ARE THESE 6 BYPASS TUBE
THE TUBES OPEN WHEN THE PLANE IS FLYING AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN
MACH2.2. MOVING COMPRESSED AIR FROM THE FOURTH STAGE THE
COMPRESSOR DIRECTLY INTO THE AFTERBURNER THIS ALLOW THE ENGINE
TO ACT MORE LIKE A RAMJET,
WHICH ALLOW THE SR-71 AFTERBURNER TO
OPERATE AT A MUCH HIGHER FUEL EFFICIENCCCY
THE FORWARD MOTION AIRCRAFT HANDLING MOST TO THE AIR
COMPRESSION AT A RATIO OF ABOUT 39:1 WITH THE FOUR
TURBINES AGES ADDING AN ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION
ABOUT 1.6:1
THE COMBINED ACTION OF THE TURBINE AND
RAMJECT COMPRESSION MAKES THE J58 A VERY
UNIQUE TYPE OF ENGINE A TURBORAMJET AND
ALLOWS THE PLANE TO CRUIS AT SPEED THAT
WOULD MAKES A NORMAL TURBOJET MELT
IN THE MIDDLE OF INLET IS THIS SYMMETRICAL SPIKE, CALLED THE INLET
SPIKE OR CENTERBODY AND BEHIND IT IS THE DIFFUSER,WHERE
COMPRESSED AIR SPREADS OUT BEFORE AND BEHIND IT IS ENTERING THE
ENGINE AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS THE INLET SPIKE TAKES THE PRESSURE
THE LEANDING SUPERSONIS SHOCKWAVE OFF THE ENGINE SO THAT THE
ENGINE GETS THE BEST AIRFLOW
WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT’S MACH 1.6 THE NORMAL ENDS UP IN THE BEST
PLACE INSIDE THE INLET FOR PRESSURE RECOVERY WHICH IS THE
PERCENTAGE OF THE PRESSURE CAUSED BY THE PLANE’S SUPERSONIC
FLIGHT FORWARD THAT GET TRANSLATED INTO USABLE PRESSURE INSIDE
THE DIFFUSER FOR THE ENGINE THIS RATIO IS A VERY HIGH NINETY
PERCENT,FOR THE SR71 WHEN FLYING AT MACH 3.2
SO TO KEEP THE NORMAL IN THE OPTIMAL POSITION FOR PRESSURE
RECOVERY THE SPIKE RETRACTS 1.6 INCHES FOR EACH POINT INCREASE IN
MACH NUMBER ABOVE MACH1.6 T HIS CHANGES THE RELATIVE GEOMETRY
OF THE INLET , KEEPING THE NORMAL AT THE OPTIMAL POSITION
WHEN THE PLANE REACHES ITS CRUISING SPEED OF MACH 3.2 THE EXTERNAL
SHOCK WAVE IS POSITIONED DIRECTLY AT THE INLET’S ;LIP
CALLED THE COWL,AND THE INLET SPIKE HAS RETRACTED 26 INCHES ITS AT
THE SPEED THAT THE J58 TURBORAMJET HAS ITS MAXIMUM FUEL EFFICIENCY
WITH THE PRESSURE RECOVERY AT THE INLET
DOING MOST TO THE AIR COMPRESSION FOR THE
AFTERBURNER
AIREFLOW AND DETAIL
 shock traps

cowl bleed

suck in
door

centerbody bleed tertiary

doors

forward bypass doors

after bypass
doors
SPECIFICATIONS
• Model: Pratt & Whitney J-58JT11D-20
• Compressor: 9-stage, axial flow, single spool Turbine: two-
stage axial flow
• Thrust: 32,500 lbs. with afterburner
• Weight: approx. 6,000 lbs.
• Max. operating altitude: above 80,000 ft.
•
 AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS
• Lockheed A-12 Oxcart
• Lockheed YF-12
• SR-71 Blackbird

YF-12
A-12 SR-71
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