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Lines of magnetic force that are assumed to leave a magnet at its north end and return to its south end. Lines of flux tend to be as short as possible and cannot cross each other.
Industry:Aviation
Oil made by chemical synthesis of a mineral, animal, or vegetable base. Synthetic oils have appropriate additives that give them such characteristics as low volatility, low pour point, high viscosity index, good lubricating qualities, low coke and lacquer formation, and low foaming.
Industry:Aviation
One complete series of events in the operation of a turbine engine that consists of starting the engine, taking off, landing, and shutting the engine down.
Industry:Aviation
One disk of rotor blades and the following set of stator vanes in an axial-flow compressor.
Industry:Aviation
Parallel slots cut in the periphery of a shaft, parallel to its length. Matching slots, cut into the hub or wheel that fits on the shaft, lock the shaft into the device to transmit torque.
Industry:Aviation
Preimpregnated fabric. A type of composite material in which the reinforcing fibers are encapsulated in an uncured resin. Prepreg materials are cut to size and shape and laid up with the correct ply orientation, and the entire component is cured with heat and pressure.
Industry:Aviation
Pressure exerted by a column of fluid and created by the height of the column.
Industry:Aviation
Pressure in a Teledyne-Continental fuel injector pump that is adjusted by the relief valve.
Industry:Aviation
Pressure in a Teledyne-Continental fuel injector pump that is adjusted by the variable orifice.
Industry:Aviation
