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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 exhaust duct
Aerospace; Control systems
Used on helicopter. Device to diffuse the exhaust gases rearward and to eliminate thrust.
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