unducted fan
engineering
Also known as: UDF
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turboprop design
- In jet engine: Turboprops, propfans, and unducted fan engines
…engine layout, identified as the unducted fan (or UDF; trademark), provides a set of very high-efficiency counter-rotating propeller blades, each blade mounted on one of either of two sets of counter-rotating low-pressure turbine stages and achieving all the advantages of the arrangement without the use of a gearbox.
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