There are a few reasons why you aren't flying across the country in hypersonic aircraft, but the simplest of them is heat: when you travel at speeds over Mach 5, the ultra-high temperatures (around ...

Researchers have started using nanoparticles in the heat-insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat. In tests, this increased the service life of the coating by 300%. This is ...

The higher the temperature at which an aircraft engine is able to run, the more efficiently it uses fuel. In order to run at those high temperatures, the metal components of airplane engines are ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- More powerful and more durable diesel, aircraft and gas-turbine engines may rev up soon, says a Purdue University engineer who is investigating using ceramics to protect engine ...

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