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Aerospace
Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.
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stator
Aerospace; Control systems
Part of assembly that remains stationary with respect to a rotating part. Stator vanes are a stationary set of airfoils in a compressor.
tachometer generator
Aerospace; Control systems
Device that supplies power at a frequency proportional to the driven speed which drives the synchronous motors in the indicator.
time between overhauls (tbo)
Aerospace; Control systems
Time between overhauls. This is established by the Army and the engine manufacturer.
test cell
Aerospace; Control systems
Building, usually concrete, that contains both a control room and an engine room, used for testing engines. The test cell is at the manufacturer's; a mobile engine-test unit is ...
thermodynamic cycle
Aerospace; Control systems
Succession of processes which involve changes in temperature, pressure, and density in which the substance acts as a means of transformation ofenergy. See Otto and Brayton cycles.
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