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Fiber made from an organic compound of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. It has high strength and low density. It is flexible under load and is able to withstand impact, shock, and vibration. Kevlar is a wellknown aramid fiber.
Industry:Aviation
Fibers in a piece of composite material arranged so that they sustain loads in only one direction.
Industry:Aviation
Fibers in a piece of composite material arranged to sustain loads in two directions.
Industry:Aviation
Flight at Mach numbers between 0.8 and 1.2. In this range, some air passing over the aircraft is subsonic, and some is supersonic.
Industry:Aviation
Ignition of the fuel-air mixture inside the cylinder of an engine before the time for normal ignition. Preignition is often caused by incandescent objects inside the cylinder.
Industry:Aviation
Ignition timing that causes the spark plug nearest the exhaust valve to fire a few degrees of crankshaft rotation before the spark plug nearest the intake valve.
Industry:Aviation
Inward extensions from the field frame of a generator around which the field coils are wound.
Industry:Aviation
Limits included in a reciprocating engine overhaul manual. If a part measures outside of the new-parts limits, but within the serviceable limits, it will not likely wear to the point of causing engine failure within the next TBO interval.
Industry:Aviation
