FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26 Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1335 times:
Velocity, yes. Pressure, but only immediately behind the fan. As the air accelerates, the pressure will even out. And as there will be friction, temperature as well although not by much... and the cooling of the motor will probably generate more heating of the air than the friction.
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Abbs380 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 120 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1325 times:
Lehpron, Im not sure what you are getting at, or how important the electric motor is, but if you are interested in ducted fans, vis a vis, aircraft check this out. It may knock your socks off.
Lehpron From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 7028 posts, RR: 22 Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1191 times:
Thank you FredT, that answered my question. But if the motor gives off some heat then shouldn't the pressure increase slightly, even if negligible?
Abbs380, I meant that any info on ducted fans led me to jet variants and if I asked about propellers I would have gotten piston-based ideas. I have never seen that plane in the link you provided before. A facinating read.
[Edited 2005-09-09 07:07:48]
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FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26 Reply 4, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1180 times:
There's nothing containing the air inside the duct. Thus, it will expand to ambient pressure. As the air is heated, this means it will expand to a slightly greater volume - but it will still expand to ambient. In effect, you get a slight thrust increase from the heating of the air, just as in a ram engine.
As a sidenote, the heat exchanger under the P51 Mustang will often contribute thrust due to the design of the duct and the heating of the air inside it. Ram engine...
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Fred
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