Exercise caution when working around turbine exhausts.

Different types of turbine engines have different types of exhausts, exhaust

velocities and exhaust pressures.
Thrust producers have a convergent nozzle while torque producers have a straight or
divergent nozzle.
Thrust producers increase the exhaust velocity via a convergent exhaust nozzle. F =
ma, increase gas acceleration and/or mass flow rate and thrust (F) increases.

The exhaust section consists of several components.

The exhaust cone typically consists of an outer duct, an inner cone, three or more
hollow struts and tie rods that assist the struts to center the tail cone.

The purpose of the exhaust cone assembly is to channel and collect the turbine
discharge into a single jet. Not only do the struts center the exhaust cone, which
forms a divergent duct (increasing pressure) with the outer duct, but the struts
also straighten the turbine exhaust and redirect it straight out, rather than an
angle. Exhaust gas on a turbojet engine exits the nozzle at well above the speed of
sound.

The exhaust nozzle forms a convergent duct, increasing exhaust velocity and
boosting thrust. Turboprop engines duct the exhaust directly into the atmosphere,
though high bypass engines often mix cooler air with the combustion exhaust.

Afterburners are typically only found on military jets and serve to increase thrust
by injecting and combusting fuel directly into the exhaust, where it further heats
and expands the gas to provide an increased velocity. It uses a fuel manifold,
spray bars and a flame holder to accomplish this.

Thrust reversers are often used on commercial jets to reduce landing roll. They
typically consist of a pair of clamshells that redirect the exhaust forward and can
produce up to 75% of the full thrust.