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Control systems
Of or relating to systems used in the closed area of a spacecraft to permit life to be sustained, so that occupants are provided with a suitably controlled atmosphere in which to live and work.
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Control systems
centrifugal-flow compressor
Aerospace; Control systems
One with an impeller (rotor), stator, and compressor manifold. The rotor revolves at high speed drawing air into the blades. Centrifugal force accelerates the air, and it moves through the stator and ...
centrifugal twisting movement
Aerospace; Control systems
Force that tends to streamline rotating blades with the plane of rotation.
chord line
Aerospace; Control systems
Imaginary line drawn between the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil.
combustion
Aerospace; Control systems
Process of burning the fuel-air mixture in a gas turbine engine.
combustion chamber
Aerospace; Control systems
Part of a turbine engine in which the propulsive power is developed by combustion of the injected fuel and the expansive force of the resultinggases.
combustion chamber liner
Aerospace; Control systems
Engine part usually constructed of welded high-nickel steel, subjected to flame of extremely high temperature. It is behind the compressor and receives the compressed air which is mixed with fuel and ...
