Guizhou WS-13
The WS-13 (Chinese: 涡扇-13), codename Taishan, is a turbofan engine designed and manufactured by Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation to power the CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder lightweight multirole fighter jointly developed by China and Pakistan, and in the near future the Shenyang FC-31 fifth-generation stealth fighter currently under development.
| WS-13 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Turbofan |
| National origin | China |
| Manufacturer | Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation |
| First run | 2006 |
| Major applications | CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder Shenyang FC-31 |
Design and development
China began development of the Taishan in 2000 to replace the Klimov RD-93 turbofan, which had been selected in the 1990s to power the JF-17 lightweight fighter. It is designed to have a life span of 2,200 hours and an improved version, providing around 100 kN (22,450 lb) of thrust with afterburner, is under development.[1]
The WS-13 Taishan was certified in 2007 and serial production began in 2009.[citation needed] The 18 March 2010 edition of the HKB Report stated that a JF-17 equipped with the WS-13 completed its first successful runway taxi test.[2]
Officials at the Farnborough International Airshow in August 2010 stated that a JF-17 was being test flown with a Chinese engine, likely the WS-13.[3] In November 2012, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported that flight testing on the JF-17 was underway in China.[4] It was reported at the 2015 Paris Air Show that testing was continuing.[5]
Variants
- WS-13 – 86 kilonewtons (19,000 lbf) thrust with afterburner[1]
- WS-13A – high bypass[6]
- WS-13E – 100 kilonewtons (22,000 lbf) thrust with afterburner
Specifications (WS-13)
General characteristics
- Type: afterburning turbofan
- Length: 4.14 m (163 in)
- Diameter: 1.02 m (40 in)
- Dry weight: 1,135 kg (2,502 lb)
Components
- Compressor: axial, 4-stage low pressure, 8-stage high pressure compressor
- Combustors: annular
- Turbine: counter-rotating 1-stage high pressure, 1-stage low pressure
Performance
- Maximum thrust: 56.75 kilonewtons (12,760 lbf) dry; 86.37 kilonewtons (19,420 lbf) with afterburner
- Bypass ratio: 0.57:1
- Turbine inlet temperature: 1650 K (1,377 °C (2,511 °F))
- Thrust-to-weight ratio: 7.8
See also
Comparable engines
- Eurojet EJ200 (EJ2x0 Standard)
- Snecma M88 (M88-2 Standard)
- Klimov RD-93 (RD-33MK Standard)
- General Electric F414 (F414-EPE Standard)
Related lists
References
- ^ a b Fisher, Richard, Jr. (30 December 2009). . International Assessment and Strategy Center. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Coatepeque (30 May 2010). "FC-1 equipped with WS-13 completed first successful runway taxi test". China Defense Blog. Retrieved 11 February 2023 – via Blogger.
- ^ Pocock, Chris (6 August 2010). . AINonline. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ Sweetman, Bill (5 November 2012). . Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Fisher, Richard D., Jr. (15 June 2015). . Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ (in Chinese). Northwestern Polytechnical University. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Chiang, Fei-yu (10 February 2021). "大陸渦扇13引擎生產線就緒 可成為殲31心臟". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
External links
- WS13 / RD-33 / RD-93 at GlobalSecurity.org