Summary of German developments toward applying gas turbine power plants to variety of vehicles for land traction purposes; discussion compares British and German design practices as to size, fuel consumption, efficiency and other aspects; five schemes of layout for high power traction type gas turbines are analyzed and compared. From paper before Instn Mech Engrs. (See also Oil Engine v 14 n 162 Oct 1946 p 187-9; Gas and Oil Power (Annual Tech Rev No) 1946 p 401-5; Ry Gaz v 86 n 6 Feb 7 1947 p 158-9; Engrs' Digest (Amercan Edition) v 4 n 3 Mar 1947 p 115-9)


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    Title :

    Gas turbines for traction purposes


    Additional title:

    Int Ry Congress Assn -- Bul


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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