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jaywalk
on Jan 13, 2022
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Engine cooling – why rocket engines don’t melt
Well, 63 blades together make 600 horsepower. But as that paper notes, each blade is subject to 50,000 psi which is wild.
TylerE
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It is wild, but not as wild as you might think.
The fuel rail in a modern diesel engine is operating at 25-30,000 psi all the time.
BenjiWiebe
on Jan 14, 2022
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I know, and
that
is wild too!
jhgb
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600 horsepower
each
. The whole turbine has tens of megawatts of mechanical power output.
jaywalk
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Yep, you are correct. I misread.
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