- 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 combustible material is said to be self-extinguishing if it burns when it is exposed to a flame or to a high temperature, but the burning process automatically stops as soon as the flame or source of high temperature is removed.
Industry:Aviation
A combustor in a gas turbine engine through which the air from the compressor to the turbine flows in an essentially straight line.
Industry:Aviation
A combustor used in a gas turbine engine that consists of a series of individual burner cans, each of which consists of an inner liner and an outer case. The individual cans are arranged around the periphery of a centrifugal compressor. The hot gases flow directly from the cans into the turbine.
Industry:Aviation
A combustor, or burner section of a gas turbine engine made up of several individual burner cans.
These cans are long cylinders of thin sheet metal consisting of an outer housing and an inner liner, arranged axially around the power shaft of the engine, more or less parallel to it.
Discharge air from the compressor flows through the cans where fuel is sprayed into it and burned to add energy. Cooling air flows between the housing and inner liner, and through holes in the inner liner to keep the temperature of the cans low enough that they will not be damaged.
Can-type combustors were used on some of the early turbojet engines, but most modern engines use the more efficient annular, or can-annular combustors.
Industry:Aviation
A commercial grade of iron used for the manufacture of low-strength items. Wrought iron is malleable (it can be shaped by hammering), tough, and relatively soft.
Industry:Aviation
A common fraction in which the numerator is smaller than the denominator.
Industry:Aviation
A common fraction in which the numerator, the number above the line, is greater than the denominator, the number below the line.
Industry:Aviation
A common name for a form of adjustable wrench. A monkey wrench has one fixed jaw and one movable jaw, with the opening between the jaws at right angles to the length of the handle. The jaws of a monkey wrench are smooth, rather than toothed like the jaws of a pipe wrench.
Industry:Aviation
A common name for compound-action sheet metal shears. Dutchman shears come in three types: those that cut straight, those that cut to the right, and those that cut to the left.
Industry:Aviation
