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The Snecma Atar is a French axial-flow turbojet engine built by Snecma. It was derived from the German World War II BMW 018 design, and developed by ex-BMW engineers through a progression of more powerful models. The name is derived from its original design group, Atelier technique aéronautique de Rickenbach near Lindau within the French Occupation Zone of Germany. The Atar powered many of the French post-war jet aircraft, including the Vautour, Étendard and Super Étendard, Super Mystère and several models of the Mirage.[1] HistoryBackground{{illm|Hermann Östrich|de|Hermann Oestrich|fr}}'s team in charge of the development of the BMW 003 engine had moved to the town of Stassfurt, near Magdeburg, in February 1945. An underground production factory was being set up in a salt mine outside town by C.G. Rheinhardt in a desperate attempt to continue engine production in face of the now overwhelming Allied air campaign. This mine is well known historically as it was also being used for the storage of uranium compounds as part of the Nazi atomic bomb program.The town of Stassfurt surrendered to US forces on 12 April 1945, and Östrich hid much of the technical data in a local cemetery. The next day a ten-man team made up primarily of engineers from Pratt & Whitney arrived, and he handed the data over to them. Production restarted for US use while the war ground to a close, and the US forces cleared out the factory while they waited to turn the area over to the Soviets. Östrich had by this time moved to Munich for further interrogation, and from there to England at the request of British engine designer Roy Fedden. He had them work on the design of a turboprop engine for a proposed C-54 Skymaster-class four-engine transport. While working on this design, Őstrich was secretly approached by French DGER agents with an offer to take up further design of the 003 in France. The French forces had found a number of BMW 003 turbojet engines in their occupation zone after the war, and were interested in setting up a production line. These discussions had not progressed very far when Őstrich was allowed to return to Munich, only to be brought back to England in late August, then returned to Munich again where the US offered him and a hand-selected team jobs in the US, but without their families. Östrich instead accepted the French invitation, and by September had been set up at the former Dornier factories in Rickenbach in the French Zone. Here they were soon joined by other former BMW engineers, as well as those from a number of other German firms, bringing the team to about 200 members. The group was named the Atelier Technique Aéronautique Rickenbach, or ATAR. They had re-engineered the 003 design as the ATAR 101 (model R.101) by October, and granted a production contract on the proviso that actual production would be carried out in France. In January a further five-year contract was offered to the entire team, including protected wages, provisions for their families, few travel restrictions, and the possibility of French citizenship. The contract was signed on 25 April 1946, and the drawings for the ATAR 101 were sent to SNECMA for production. ATAR 101{{main|SNECMA Atar 101}}The first engine took some time to assemble. The first parts were available as early as May 1946, but a complete compressor or turbine was not ready until the middle of the next year. The first complete engine finally ran on 26 March 1948. By April 5 it had been brought up to {{convert|16000|N|abbr=on}} thrust and was continually improved until it reached {{convert|21600|N|abbr=on}} by October. During this time a new turbine made of solid high-temperature steels replaced the earlier air-cooled models, allowing for better aerodynamic shaping and an improved compression ratio. By January 1950 several additional engines had joined the program, bringing the total running time to over 1,000 hours, and a thrust of {{convert|26490|N|abbr=on}}, making it among the most powerful engines of the era. The BMW 003 that it was developed from provided only {{convert|7800|N|abbr=on}}, less than half of the Atar. The ATAR 101B introduced Nimonic turbine blades[2] and more stator blades as well as a number of changes to fix minor problems seen in the earlier experimental models. The first B model passed a 150-hour endurance test in February 1951 at {{convert|23500|N|abbr=on}}. A flight test followed on 5 December 1951 in the Dassault Ouragan, and starting on 27 March 1952, under the wings of a Gloster Meteor F.4. After delivering the initial production run of B models, the Atar 101C used an improved compressor and combustion chamber, raising the power to {{convert|27400|N|abbr=on}}. The Atar 101D featured a slightly larger turbine with new high-temperature alloys that allowed the exit temperature to rise to 1,000 C and the thrust to {{convert|29420|N|abbr=on}}. The D model also included a new exhaust consisting of a long pipe ending in two "eyelid" shutters on the outside of the engine in place of the earlier fore/aft moving cone on the inside, a feature of the pioneering WW II Junkers Jumo 004 axial-flow turbojet, itself called the Zwiebel (onion) from its sideview shape. The Atar 101E added a "zeroth" compressor stage, raising the overall pressure ratio to 4.8:1 and the thrust to {{convert|36300|N|abbr=on}}, surpassing the designed top output thrust of the under-development German BMW 018 turbojet's 34.3 kN (7,700 lbf) projected figures of 1945. Various Atar 101 models were tested on a wide variety of aircraft. An afterburner was incorporated into the D model to produce the Atar 101F of {{convert|37300|N|abbr=on}}, while the same addition to the E model produced the {{convert|46110|N|abbr=on}} ATAR 101G. These were flight tested on the Dassault Mystère II in August 1954, but they did not see production on this aircraft. Their first success was on the Dassault Super Mystère, a Mystère in name only, which first flew under Rolls-Royce Avon power on 2 March 1955, and followed by the 101G powered version on 15 May 1956. Production started in 1957 with a contract for 370 aircraft, but this was later cut back to 180 in light of the performance of the Dassault Mirage III which was then undergoing testing. Atar 08 and 09With the Atar 101 now sitting at the low end of the power scale, in 1954 SNECMA started the design of a more radical upgrade, the Atar 08. Overall design and dimensions were similar to the 101, but the new engine included a nine-stage compressor in place of the earlier seven-stage one, and a smaller two-stage turbine to power it. There were many detail improvements as well, including the replacement of the original compressor rotor with a new one made of magnesium alloy. The first Atar 08 B-3 produced {{convert|42000|N|abbr=on}} and had a slightly improved overall pressure ratio of 5.5:1. A new and much improved afterburner was designed for the engine, resulting in the Atar 09. It was first tested in January 1957 at {{convert|54900|N|abbr=on}}, and was soon improved to {{convert|58800|N|abbr=on}}. A further improved afterburner with eighteen flaps in place of the two-flap system of the earlier designs was introduced on the 09C model in December 1959. This version also featured a new starter from Microturbo that provided compressed air directly into the engine allowing it to start without the compressor running at full speed. The Atar 9D replaced the exhaust and afterburner area with one made of titanium that allowed continual operation at Mach 2, up from the C's 1.4. Air cooling was re-introduced for the Atar 9K models, further improving overall performance, and especially fuel economy. With the Atar 8 and 9 series, the long ten years of development had finally resulted in a successful commercial design. Thousands were produced for a variety of aircraft, including the Étendard and Super Étendard strike aircraft, Mirage III, Mirage 5 and Mirage F1 fighters, the Mirage IV bomber, and a variety of test aircraft. Super AtarIn 1955 the French government started a project to explore flight speeds up to Mach 3.0. SNECMA began studies on an engine to power it, initially consisting of the compressor design of the existing Atar 101, but replacing all of the light alloys with steels in order to handle the increased operating temperatures. This also demanded the use of an air-cooled turbine, similar to the ones from the earliest prototypes. Such an engine, the M.26, ran in May 1957, giving 47 kN (10,364 lbf) without an afterburner. Further improvements led to the M.28, which ran in September 1958 at 52 kN (11,466 lbf). This work led to the Super Atar design of 85 kN with afterburning. This version also included variable stators, which were in the process of being widely introduced in the industry. However, the project to build the test aircraft, the Griffon III, never went ahead and SNECMA ended development of the Super Atar in 1960. Other developmentsThe Atar design was also used for a variety of larger, smaller, and experimental developments. Of particular note are the R.104 Vulcain, a scaled-up Atar, and the much smaller R.105 Vesta. Both engines were developed in parallel to the Atar in the early 1950s in order to fill particular performance niches, the Vulcain for the Mystère IV D, and the Vesta for a variety of designs. None of these entered production, however; the Mystère IV D was cancelled, and the Vesta lost out to the Turboméca Gabizo, which was also abandoned. DescriptionThe original Atar 101 featured a seven-stage axial compressor using aluminum alloy blades attached to an aluminum rotor. The front bearing was held in place by four vanes, with the "left" one as seen from the front containing a power takeoff shaft. One unique feature of the Atar designs was the separate Atar 5000 accessories section, which could be mounted in front of the engine, driven by an extension shaft. The combustion area consisted of twenty steel flame cans arranged in a "canular" layout, exiting into the single-stage turbine. Early models were 2.85 m long, 0.9 m in diameter, and weighed 850 kg, while The C models and on were 3.68 m lone including the long extension, 0.89 m in diameter, and weighed 940 kg. Later versions were generally similar to the C model, although the inclusion of the afterburner increased lengths to 5.23 m, and weights varied from 925 to 1,240 kg depending on the model. The Atar 8 and 9 used a 9-stage compressor similar to the 101, but including a steel first stage in order to improve damage resistance. The turbine included two stages. Length and width remained the same as the 101 models, deliberately, but weights further increased up to 1,350 kg for the 9B. Variants
Used in Dassault Super Mystère fighter-bomber
Two-stage turbine and improved compressor, non-afterburning, developed in 1954–1956.
Used in Dassault Étendard IV
Simplified non-afterburning version of Atar 9K-50 for Dassault Super Étendard
Integrated starter, improved compressor optimized for supersonic flight, afterburner.
Used in Dassault Mirage III and 5 fighters
Improved combustion chamber, turbine blade cooling; used in Dassault Mirage IV bombers
Modified Atar 9C with a redesigned turbine and upgraded compressor resulting in improved fuel consumption and thrust; used in Dassault Mirage F1, Mirage 50 and Atlas Cheetah.
South African variant of the Atar09K-50 with new compressor, new turbine, new electronics. Applications
Specifications (Atar 9C){{jetspecs| |type=Afterburning turbojet |length=5,900 mm (232 in) |diameter=1,000 mm (39 in) |weight=1,456 kg (3,210 lb) |compressor=9-stage axial compressor |combustion=annular |turbine=Two-stage |fueltype= |oilsystem= |power= |thrust=
|compression=5.2:1 |aircon=68 kg/s (150 lb/s) |turbinetemp= |fuelcon= |specfuelcon=
|power/weight= |thrust/weight=40.5 N/kg (4.1:1) }} See also{{aircontent|see also= |related= |similar aircraft= |lists=
|similar engines=
}} ReferencesNotes1. ^Gunston 1989, p. 160. 2. ^"World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines – 5th edition" by Bill Gunston, Sutton Publishing, 2006, P.216 3. ^{{cite book |last=Wilkinson |first=Paul H. |title=Aircraft engines of the World 1957 |year=1957 |publisher=Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. |location=London |edition=15th |pages=206-207}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Wilkinson |first=Paul H. |title=Aircraft engines of the World 1957 |year=1957 |publisher=Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. |location=London |edition=15th |pages=208-209}} Bibliography{{refbegin}}
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