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Aerospace

Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.

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convergent exhaust duct

Aerospace; Control systems

Duct used on fixed-wing aircraft; formed by tapering toward the rear of the duct.

crossover tube

Aerospace; Control systems

Duct carrying flame to the individual cylindrical liners of the can-annular combustion chamber.

diffuser

Aerospace; Control systems

Aft structural member of an engine. It receives high velocity air from the centrifugal impeller and decreases velocity and increases airpressure. In the combustor, a diffuser ...

diffusion

Aerospace; Control systems

Process by which gases intermingle as the result of their spontaneous movement caused by thermal agitation.

directional references

Aerospace; Control systems

Specific definitions of terms referring to gas turbine engines to identify front and rear, right and left, bottom and top.

divergent area

Aerospace; Control systems

Place where air flows from a smaller into a larger area.

divergent exhaust duct

Aerospace; Control systems

Used on helicopter. Device to diffuse the exhaust gases rearward and to eliminate thrust.