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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 fundamental principle of physics that explains the relation between kinetic and potential energy in a fluid in motion.
When the total energy in a column of moving fluid remains constant, any increase in the kinetic energy of the fluid (its velocity) results in a corresponding decrease in its potential energy (its pressure).
Industry:Aviation
A funnel-shaped container with an opening in the top for loading and a smaller opening in the bottom for dumping. Hoppers are used to store the abrasive in an abrasive blaster. The abrasive is loaded in through the large opening, and it feeds out as needed through the small opening.
Industry:Aviation
A furnace used for melting metals. Pig iron and scrap metal are placed in a shallow hearth within the furnace and are melted by heat supplied by a direct flame and from radiation from the walls and ceiling of the furnace.
Industry:Aviation
A fusible, ductile, lustrous material. Fusible means it can be melted, ductile means its shape can be changed by drawing or stretching, and lustrous means it reflects light evenly without sparkling. Nearly all metals are good conductors of electricity and heat, and all metals readily lose electrons to form positive ions.
Industry:Aviation
A gage (also spelled gauge) is a measuring instrument. There are many different types of gages. A pressure gage is used to indicate the amount of pressure being applied to a fluid. A depth gage is used to measure the distance between the edge of a hole or groove and its bottom. A thickness gage (often called a feeler gage) is used to measure the clearance between close-fitting parts of a machine.
Industry:Aviation
A gage, made in the form of a thin metal rod, used to measure the level of a liquid in a reservoir. The dipstick is pushed into the reservoir until it contacts a built-in stop; then it is removed and visually inspected. The level of the liquid in the reservoir is indicated by the amount of the dipstick wet by the liquid.
A dipstick is the normal method used for measuring the amount of lubricating oil in the sump of an engine and the amount of hydraulic fluid in a reservoir.
Industry:Aviation
A gas that has a stable atomic structure. Its valence shell neither tries to gain nor lose electrons. An inert gas has no tendency to unite with other elements to form chemical compounds. Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon are inert gases.
Industry:Aviation
A gas turbine engine fuel composed of approximately 65% gasoline and 35% distillates in the kerosine range. JP-4, the equivalent of commercial Jet-B fuel is a primary fuel for military jet aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
A gas turbine engine fuel which is a form of highly refined kerosine. JP-8 is the NATO equivalent of Jet-A fuel.
Industry:Aviation
A gas turbine engine in which a fan, either ducted or unducted, has a bypass ratio greater than 30:1.
Industry:Aviation
