Under the metaphorical hood was a gas turbine — pretty much a jet engine — that operated at an unfathomable 35,000 rpm. The honor of the first gas-turbine-powered passenger car ever goes to ...

Maintaining a stable flame is the first challenge, since ignition needs to occur within air racing from the engine’s turbine into the afterburner at several hundred feet per second.

To the original manufacturer, of course. Like the other cars in his collection, Jay Leno's Chrysler Turbine Car saw regular use— until its engine failed.

With this in mind, DLR and PSC have demonstrated what's claimed to be the first commercially viable retrofit of a commercial gas micro-turbine that enables it runs on both hydrogen and natural gas ...

Trick-Cycle Turbine Ltd. (TCT) is a South Dakota-based company led by inventor Reggie Huff that has created an engine design known as the Tomahawk TX Trick-Cycle Turbine engine.

Unlike many other Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), America's M1 Abrams is powered by something more like a jet engine than a traditional diesel engine. Why is that?

The Rover Jet1 was the first car ever built with a turbine engine and while it had it's advantages, there were also flaws that came with it.

Ceramic matrix composites are lightweight alternatives to metal alloys with superior physical and thermal properties. Hence, they are promising candidates for high-temperature applications, including ...

ABSTRACT Generally, micro gas turbines are in the range of 15 to 300 kW. However, recent applications in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and polygeneration require a small micro gas turbine. So, here ...