Olympus 593 B for the Concorde: A review of the powerplant development for the Anglo‐French SST

Abstract

ONLY six weeks after its initial run the Olympus 593 B engine for the Concorde attained 33,000 lb. thrust without reheat, e highest figure achieved for a European turbo‐t. This news came just after the third anniversary the Anglo‐French Treaty of Collaboration gned in November 1962. For Bristol Siddeley d S.N.E.C.M.A., the British and French partners the Concorde engine programme, the three ears have been a period of considerable activity. When Concorde was first projected, the engine oposed was a developed version of the military lympus 320 for the TSR‐2, modified for civil peration. Like the earlier series of military lympus engines, the 320 was a two‐spool engine, ach compressor driven by a separate turbine, ith a cannular combustion chamber.

Citation

(1966), "Olympus 593 B for the Concorde: A review of the powerplant development for the Anglo‐French SST", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 16-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034132