Home > Industry/Domain > Aerospace > 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.

Contributors in Control systems

Control systems

Stator

Aerospace; Control systems

Part of assembly that remains stationary with respect to a rotating part. Stator vanes are a stationary set of airfoils in a compressor.

Thermodynamic cycle

Aerospace; Control systems

Succession of processes which involve changes in temperature, pressure, and density in which the substance acts as a means of transformation ofenergy. See Otto and Brayton cycles.

Test cell

Aerospace; Control systems

Building, usually concrete, that contains both a control room and an engine room, used for testing engines. The test cell is at the manufacturer's; a mobile engine-test unit is used in the field.

Thrust, net

Aerospace; Control systems

The effective thrust developed by the engine during flight, taking into consideration the initial momentum of the air mass prior to entering theinfluence of the engine.

Thrust, reverser

Aerospace; Control systems

A device used to partially reverse the flow of the engine's nozzle discharge gases and thus create a thrust force in the rearward direction.

Tachometer generator

Aerospace; Control systems

Device that supplies power at a frequency proportional to the driven speed which drives the synchronous motors in the indicator.

Thrust, specific fuel consumption

Aerospace; Control systems

The fuel that the engine must burn per hour to generate 1 pound of thrust.

Featured blossaries

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Category: Science   2 2 Terms

4th Grade Spelling Words

Category: Arts   2 6 Terms