- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
The components of crude petroleum that have the highest boiling points.
In the process of fractional distillation, the lighter products boil off first and are condensed. The heavy ends are the parts of the petroleum that boil off last.
Industry:Aviation
The compressor speed of an engine at which the centrifugal loads are so high the compressor will fly apart. The engine actually explodes.
Industry:Aviation
The condition in an electrical circuit in which the inductive reactance and the capacitive reactance are equal. The reactances are determined by the frequency, and a circuit is resonant for a very narrow band of frequencies.
Industry:Aviation
The condition in an electron tube in which the plate, or anode, is attracting all of the electrons being emitted by the cathode.
Industry:Aviation
The condition in which a material is capable of being shaped or formed. A material in its plastic condition is normally in a semi-solid state.
Industry:Aviation
The condition in which all the magnetic domains in a piece of magnetized material are lined up in the same direction. When a piece of unmagnetized iron or other magnetizable material is held in a magnetic field, increasing the magnetizing force increases the magnetism. But when all the domains are aligned in the same direction, increasing the magnetizing force no longer increases the strength of the magnet. The magnet is said to be saturated.
Industry:Aviation
The condition in which an engine is turning at a speed greater than that selected by the governor. The upward force produced by the governor flyweights is greater than the downward force of the speeder spring, and the governor causes the pitch of the propeller to increase to reduce the engine speed.
Industry:Aviation
The condition of a circular object when its wear is not uniform around its circumference. Wear changes its shape from circular to oblong.
Industry:Aviation
The condition of a finishing system in which the material is slightly sticky to the touch.
Industry:Aviation
The condition of a free-swinging device when it comes to rest without overshooting its at-rest position.
A pointer on a highly damped measuring instrument is said to be deadbeat when it changes its indication from one point to another without overshooting its final indication. It does not oscillate back and forth over its final position.
Industry:Aviation
