Engineering:Guizhou WS-13

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Short description: Chinese turbofan aircraft engine
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

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.

Design and development

China began development of the Taishan in 2000 to create a domestic engine for replacing the Klimov RD-93 turbofan, which had been selected in the 1990s to power the JF-17 lightweight fighter. It is designed to produce 86 kN (19,000 lb) of thrust with afterburner and have a life span of 2,200 hours; an improved version providing up to 93 kN (21,000 lb) of thrust with afterburner was also developed.[1][2]

The WS-13 Taishan was certified in 2007 and serial production began in 2009. 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.[3]

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.[4] In November 2012, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported that flight testing on the JF-17 was underway in China.[5] It was reported at the 2015 Paris Air Show that testing was continuing.[6]

Guizhou is developing a new engine, designated the WS-19 that fits in the same footprint as the WS-13 but is a wholly new design that incorporates the same technology as the Xian WS-15. The WS-19 is the intended engine for production versions of the Shenyang FC-31 medium-size stealth fighter such as the J-35 for aircraft carriers.[2]

Variants

  • WS-13 – 86 kilonewtons (19,000 lbf) thrust with afterburner[1]
  • WS-13A – high bypass[7]
  • WS-13E/IPE – 92.16 kN (20,720 lbf) thrust with afterburner[8]
  • WS-13X/WS-21 – 93.2 kN (21,000 lbf) Further development of WS-13E.[9][10]

Applications

  • CAC/PAC JF-17 (WS-13)
  • Shenyang J-35 (WS-13E)

Specifications (WS-13)

Data from China Times[11]

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

See also

Comparable engines

Related lists

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fisher, Richard Jr. (2009-12-30). "October Surprises In Chinese Aerospace". International Assessment and Strategy Center. http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.219/pub_detail.asp. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 曾品潔 (2023-02-09). "中國渦輪-19發動機進度提前！ 航發總師曝 : 未來殲-35會比殲-20更早換裝" (in zh-hant). Newtalk新闻. https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2023-02-09/856756. Retrieved 2023-02-26. 
  3. ↑ Coatepeque (30 May 2010). "FC-1 equipped with WS-13 completed first successful runway taxi test". https://china-defense.blogspot.com/2010/05/fc-1-equipped-with-ws-13-completed.html. 
  4. ↑ Pocock, Chris (6 August 2010). "China and Pakistan Push Chengdu JF-17 Fighter for Export". http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/china-and-pakistan-push-chengdu-jf-17-fighter-for-export-25788/. 
  5. ↑ Sweetman, Bill (5 November 2012). "China's Warplane Industry Expands". Aviation Week & Space Technology. http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_11_05_2012_p72-508347.xml. Retrieved 5 September 2013. 
  6. ↑ Fisher, Richard D. Jr. (15 June 2015). "Paris Air Show 2015: JF-17 fighter flying with indigenous Chinese turbofan". Jane's Defence Weekly. http://www.janes.com/article/52308/paris-air-show-2015-jf-17-fighter-flying-with-indigenous-chinese-turbofan. Retrieved 13 June 2021. 
  7. ↑ "中国涡扇系列 WS13" (in zh). Northwestern Polytechnical University. 2016-04-19. http://jpkc.nwpu.edu.cn/jp2005/17/dzjc/jxzy/Cwoshan13.htm. 
  8. ↑ "WS-13IPE engine for FC-31 fighter mass-produced in 2020". 26 January 2020. https://www.china-arms.com/2020/01/ws-13ipe-for-fc-31/. 
  9. ↑ "Our Best Look Yet At China's J-35 Carrier-Capable Stealth Fighter". 22 July 2022. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-yet-at-chinas-j-35-carrier-capable-stealth-fighter. 
  10. ↑ Waldron, Greg (1 August 2023). "Future Asia Pacific carrier air wings come into focus". https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/future-asia-pacific-carrier-air-wings-come-into-focus/154356.article. 
  11. ↑ Chiang, Fei-yu (2021-02-10). "大陸渦扇13引擎生產線就緒 可成為殲31心臟" (in zh). China Times. https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20210210003414-260417?chdtv. 

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