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- ...ine]]s. The defining feature of hopper cooling, amongst other water-cooled engines, is that there is no [[radiator (engine cooling)|radiator]]. Cooling water ...to dispose of the [[waste heat]] they generate when running. Water-cooled engines remove this heat from around the [[cylinder head]] by surrounding it with a ...7 KB (984 words) - 06:36, 14 August 2023
- ...vel longitudinal flight, thrust counterbalances drag and lift supports the aircraft's weight. Lift and drag are components of the aerodynamic force.]] ...pplications of steady flight models include aircraft design, assessment of aircraft performance, flight planning, and using steady flight states as the [[mecha ...10 KB (1,607 words) - 07:49, 29 August 2023
- The familiar study of [[jet aircraft]] treats jet thrust with a "black box" description which only looks at what ...2</ref> "Flight" gives examples of these internal forces for two early jet engines, the [[Rolls-Royce Avon]] Ra.14<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal ...12 KB (1,883 words) - 00:18, 5 September 2024
- {{Infobox aircraft occurrence ...ion, on May 27, 1953, resulting in the deaths of all 27 people aboard both aircraft. ...12 KB (1,715 words) - 01:55, 31 January 2025
- ...tions like [[aircraft engines]], [[internal combustion engines]], [[rocket engines]], industrial furnaces, and power station combustors. The simple chemical r ...6 KB (1,046 words) - 16:06, 26 October 2021
- ...rt description|External mixture preparation system for internal combustion engines}} ...ually, this mixture is relatively homogeneous, and, at least in production engines for passenger cars, approximately [[stochiometry|stoichiometric]]; this mea ...25 KB (3,546 words) - 01:40, 19 December 2024
- {{Short description|Measure of the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines}} ...It is typically used for comparing the efficiency of [[internal combustion engines]] with a shaft output. ...32 KB (4,292 words) - 00:52, 21 July 2024
- ...peller]]s. A propeller is the most common propulsor on ships, and on small aircraft. ...h a counterweight have also been used. Lightly loaded propellers for light aircraft and human-powered boats mostly have two blades, motor boats mostly have thr ...16 KB (2,640 words) - 17:34, 5 December 2024
- ...litary practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted [[Automatic firearm|automatic weapons]]. This technique is not possible in all games; modern [[game engines]] make it very easy for game developers to clamp the player's speed and acc ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 16:44, 25 February 2025
- ...aft at speed = C<sub>u</sub>; then Useful Power = Axial Thrust * Speed of Aircraft;<ref name="Yahya2010"/> *[[Propeller (aircraft)]] ...20 KB (3,071 words) - 22:57, 6 November 2024
- ...was thereby one of the first women to be working on the properties of aero-engines, although a number of women were taken on at the end of the war, such as [[ ...layer effects and eddies, which had great relevance to the streamlining of aircraft, some of which were widely cited by others. ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 15:49, 10 October 2024
- ...CAM), termed CAD/CAM, system, TIGER, to support the diverse needs of their aircraft and aerospace engineering groups. Three basic decisions were critical to es ...surface to generate an interesting outline of some of the wings, body, and engines. The staff were allowed great freedom in pursuing our ideas, and Boeing cor ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 09:58, 8 February 2025
- ...its lift to a [[fixed wing]] reduces [[Drag (physics)|drag]], enabling the aircraft to fly faster. ...tially or fully) and its rotational speed further reduced, enabling higher aircraft speed. [[Compound helicopter]]s use these methods,{{r|rob31}}{{r|silva}}<re ...39 KB (5,297 words) - 04:18, 28 November 2024
- ...minated by combustion products. Working fluids for ''external'' combustion engines include air, hot water, [[pressurized water reactor|pressurized water]] or ...r of the diesel engine, [[Rudolf Diesel]], was using peanut oil to run his engines.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shay |first1=E.Griffin |title=Diesel fuel from v ...101 KB (15,186 words) - 21:16, 26 January 2025
- | caption =AEC 850 with [[:en:QF 3-inch 20 cwt|3 inch anti-aircraft gun]] ...e clearances. The engine was a [[:en:Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Company#Engines for cars and trucks|Wisconsin Model-A]] four-cylinder T-head of 389 cubic i ...29 KB (4,409 words) - 00:44, 29 January 2025
- Manufacturers of [[Gas turbine|turbine engine]]s for [[aircraft propulsion]] and for [[power generation]] have benefited from the productiv ...ed to substantial increases in the number of cooling holes used in turbine engines. Fundamental to these improvements and increased use of laser drilled hole ...18 KB (2,646 words) - 01:47, 16 May 2024
- ...of which has a different lifetime. The goal is to assign the parts to the engines, such that the shortest engine lifetime is as large as possible. ...32 KB (5,098 words) - 01:54, 26 January 2024
- ...pplications to prevent overspraying of the coated materials, in combustion engines to prevent wetting of the cylinder walls, and in fire sprinklers to provide ...de fuel injectors for gasoline and [[diesel engines]], atomizers for [[jet engines]] (gas turbines),<ref>Lefebvre, A.H. Gas Turbine Combustion, 1999, {{ISBN|1 ...26 KB (3,951 words) - 10:23, 19 February 2025
- ...ause of two mistakes in figuring the fuel supply of [[Air Canada]]'s first aircraft to use metric measurements.<ref> ...ply of the airline's first aircraft to use metric measurements. After both engines lost their power, the pilots made what is now thought to be the first succe ...25 KB (3,614 words) - 21:20, 23 February 2025
- ...ys, leading to high strength formulations for the skin of high performance aircraft ...tain of American aircraft and reorganizing the repair of aircraft and aero-engines.<ref name="F063"/> ...56 KB (8,082 words) - 16:35, 25 December 2024