Oleo strut

Oleo strut

A type of hydropneumatic (oil-air) shock absorber used on aircraft landing gear. The shock of the landing impact is absorbed by oil flowing through a metering orifice (restricting hole). The smaller shocks from taxiing are taken up by a cushion of compressed air.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Aviation
Category: Aeronautics
Company: Aviation Supplies & Academics
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

oleo strut

Aviation; Aeronautics

A type of hydropneumatic (oil-air) shock absorber used on aircraft landing gear. The shock of the landing impact is absorbed by oil flowing through a metering orifice (restricting ...

strut

Construction; Framing

A short timber placed in a structure either diagonally or vertically, designed to act in compression along the direction of its lengths.

strut

Automotive; Automobile

A suspension element in which a reinforced shock absorber is used as one of the wheel's locating members, typically by solidly bolting the wheel hub to the bottom end of the ...

strut

Building materials; Lumber

A structural timber resisting compressive forces along the grain.

strut

Software; Computer; Operating systems

In Interface Builder, an element in the size pane of the inspector window that controls the autosizing behavior of a view or control. When a strut is present, the distance between ...

strut

Language; Dictionaries

Protuberant. Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.

inductive reactance

Aviation; Aeronautics

An opposition to the flow of alternating current or changing direct current, caused by inductance in the circuit. Inductive reactance, whose abbreviation is XL, is measured in ...

interstate air transportation

Aviation; Aeronautics

The carriage by aircraft of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft in commerce: # Between a place in a State or the ...

class of thread

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of classifying the fit of threads used in bolts and nuts. A class-1 fit is a loose fit, a class-2 fit is a free fit, a class-3 fit is a medium fit, a class-4 fit is a ...

sonic cleaning

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of cleaning delicate mechanical parts. The parts are placed in a sonic cleaning machine and covered with a cleaning fluid. High-intensity sound waves are produced in the ...

ultrasonic cleaning

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of cleaning mechanical components by vibrating them at an ultrasonic frequency while soaking them in a cleaning solution.

electroplating

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of coating one kind of metal with another. Cadmium is often plated on steel to make it corrosion resistant, and chromium can be plated on steel to make it hard and wear ...