Aeronautics

Aeronautics

The branch of science that deals with flight aerodynamics and with the operation of all types of aircraft.

Industry: Aviation

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International Morse code

Aviation; Aeronautics

Is a group of dots that are agreed internationally, representing the letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation marks in-dash combinations. Used in Morse code some kind of wireless ...

A threaded fastener has an enlarged head on one end and threads on the other. Bolt hexagonal head, usually used in aircraft but A few high-strength bolts have a round head with a hexagon-shaped hole. ...

vise

Aviation; Aeronautics

A bench-mounted clamp used to hold material while it is being worked on. One jaw of the vise is fixed, and the other is mounted on a screw that allows it to be moved away from or close to the fixed ...

Compression failure.

Aviation; Aeronautics

The type of structural failure caused by using too much stress, compressive failure makes material safety belt or collapse.

Thermal expansion

Aviation; Aeronautics

The change in the physical size of a material caused by the material absorbing heat. Thermal expansion causes a material to expand both in its length and in its volume.

Safety belt

Aviation; Aeronautics

A belt installed in an aircraft to hold the occupants tight in their seat. Safety belts are also called seat belts or lap belts.

Storage battery

Aviation; Aeronautics

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 ...