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Aerospace
Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.
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boss
Aerospace; Control systems
Raised rim around a hole; e.g. axle hole in a wheel. Circular projection on a casting, usually serving as the seat for a bolt head or nut.
brayton cycle
Aerospace; Control systems
Constant pressure cycle, with four basic operations which it accomplishes simultaneously and continuously for an uninterrupted flow of power. The turbine engine operates on this ...
camber
Aerospace; Control systems
The curvature of an airfoil's surfaces from the chord line. It maybe positive, negative, or zero.
can-annular combustion chamber
Aerospace; Control systems
One with characteristics of both the annular types. It has an outer shell and a number of individual cylindrical liners.
can combustion chamber
Aerospace; Control systems
One made up of individual combustion chambers in which the air from the compressor enters each individual chamber through the adapter.
center of pressure
Aerospace; Control systems
Aerodynamic center of an airfoil; the point where all forces act.
centrifugal axial-flow compressor
Aerospace; Control systems
Combination of the centrifugal-flow and the axial-flow compressor. It usually consists of a five-or seven-stage axial-flow compressor and one centrifugal-flow compressor. Also ...
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