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A fire with solid combustible materials such as wood, paper, and cloth as its fuel.
Industry:Aviation
A fit between pieces in a mechanical assembly that is close enough to require the parts to be pushed together. A push fit is looser than a press fit, but closer than a free fit.
Industry:Aviation
A fixture that allows a shaft to be centered and rotated to measure any out-of-round condition.
Industry:Aviation
A flat, disk-shaped valve used to control the flow of fluid in a round pipe or tube. When the butterfly valve is across the tube, the flow is shut off, and when it is parallel with the tube, the obstruction caused by the valve is minimum, and the flow is at its greatest. Butterfly-type throttle valves are used to control the airflow through the fuel metering system.
Industry:Aviation
A flat, spiral-wound spring made of two strips of metal laid side-by-side and welded together. The two metals have different coefficients of expansion, and as the temperature changes, the spiral either tightens or loosens. A bimetallic hair spring is used in a thermocouple temperature changes at the reference junction.
Industry:Aviation
A fluid pump that moves a specific volume of fluid each time it rotates.
Industry:Aviation
A fluid pump that moves a specific volume of fluid each time it rotates. Spur-gear pumps, gerotor pumps, and vane pumps are all positivedisplacement pumps.
Industry:Aviation
A force caused by the inertia of a moving body as it tries to keep the object moving in the same direction, at the same speed.
Industry:Aviation
A force that causes electrons to move from one atom to another within an electrical circuit. An electromotive force, or EMF, is the difference in the electrical pressure, or potential, that exists between two points. An EMF may be produced by converting mechanical movement, pressure, chemical, light, or heat energy into electrical energy. The basic unit of EMF is the volt.
Industry:Aviation
A form of alcohol used as a coolant for liquid-cooled aircraft engines. It is also used in automobile engines as a permanent antifreeze.
Industry:Aviation
