Control systems

Control systems

Of or relating to systems used in the closed area of a spacecraft to permit life to be sustained, so that occupants are provided with a suitably controlled atmosphere in which to live and work.

Industry: Aerospace

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Impeller rotor

Aerospace; Control systems

Rotor in a compressor that revolves at high speed, drawing air into the blades.

Static-balanced surface

Aerospace; Control systems

Surface that is in balance about its hinge axis.

Labyrinth seal

Aerospace; Control systems

Device for preventing leakage of gas on the gas generator shaft in a turbine. A labyrinth consists of a series of projections on the rotating element running in close contact with grooves on the ...

Maintenance allocation chart

Aerospace; Control systems

Chart in a -20 TM that assigns maintenance tasks to the lowest level capable of doing them, based on experience, skills, tools, and time available.

Unit of energy or work used in rating gas turbine ignition systems. A joule is equal to the amount of energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere through a resistance of one ...