- 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 ...
A barrier installed on an airport to divert or dissipate jet or propeller blast.
Industry:Aviation
A basic law of physics that deals with the relationship between stress and strain. Hooke’s law explains that the strain within a material (the amount the material deforms) is directly proportional to the amount of stress that causes the deformation. This is true only until the material reaches its elastic limit.
When the stress that strains a material within its elastic limit is removed, the material will return to its original size and shape. But, if the material is strained beyond its elastic limit, it will not return to its original size and shape, but will be permanently deformed.
Industry:Aviation
A basic law of physics which states that pressure built up in an enclosed container of fluid is transmitted equally and undiminished to all parts of the container, and this pressure acts at right angles to the walls of the container.
Industry:Aviation
A basic unit of electrical capacitance in the electromagnetic-centimeter-gram-second system. One abfarad is equal to 109 farads in the absolute meter-kilogram-second-ampere system. The abbreviation for abfarad is aF.
Industry:Aviation
A basic unit of electrical charge in the electromagnetic-centimeter-gram-second system. One abcoulomb is equal to 10 coulombs in the absolute meter-kilogram-second-ampere system. The abbreviation for abcoulomb is aC.
Industry:Aviation
A basic unit of electrical conductance in the electromagnetic-centimeter-gram-second system. One abmho is equal to 109 mhos in the absolute meter-kilogram-second-ampere system. The abbreviation for abmho is (aΩ)-1. An abmho is also known as an absiemens, aS.
Industry:Aviation
A basic unit of electrical current in the electromagnetic-centimeter-gram-second system. One abampere is equal to 10 amperes in the absolute meter-kilogram-second-ampere system. The abbreviation for abampere is aA.
Industry:Aviation
A basic unit of electrical inductance in the electromagnetic-centimeter-gram-second system. One abhenry is equal to 10-9 henries in the absolute meter-kilogram-second-ampere system. The abbreviation for abhenry is aH.
Industry:Aviation
A basic unit of electromotive force in the electromagnetic-centimeter-gram-second system. One abvolt is equal to 10-8 volts in the absolute meter-kilogram-second-ampere system. The abbreviation for abvolt is aV.
Industry:Aviation
A battery composed of several secondary electrical cells. A discharged storage battery can be recharged by placing it across a source of direct current until the chemical composition of the plates and the electrolyte change to their charged condition.
Industry:Aviation
