transpiration cooling
1transpiration — /tran speuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. an action or instance of transpiring. 2. Bot. the passage of water through a plant from the roots through the vascular system to the atmosphere. [1545 55; TRANS + L spiration , s. of spiratio breathing (spirat(us),… …
2transpiration-cooled blades — A form of film cooling in which blades are cooled by transpiration. Transpiration is the process by which a body having a porous surface is cooled by the forced flow of coolant fluid through the surface from the interior. The cool air passes… …
3Regenerative cooling (rocket) — Regenerative cooling in rockets is where some or all of the propellant is passed through tubes, channels or otherwise in a jacket around the combustion chamber or nozzle to cool the engine because the fuel in particular and sometimes the oxidiser …
4film cooling — The injection of a coolant directly into a combustion chamber, usually through small orifices to provide a cooling film on the inner wall surface. When the coolant enters through the pores of a porous wall material, this is usually called sweat… …
5Combustor — Flame stabilized by cyclone. A combustor is a component or area of a gas turbine, ramjet, or scramjet engine where combustion takes place. It is also known as a burner, combustion chamber or flame holder. In a gas turbine engine, the combustor or …
6SpaceLiner — SpaceLiner: Stufentrennung aus Videoanimation Entwicklungsland Europaische Union  Europäische Union …
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8CTC — agricult. abbr. Carbon Tetrachloride com. abbr. Communications Transistor Corporation (US) electr. abbr. Communications Transistor Corporation (US) milit. abbr. Compact Transpiration Cooling milling abbr. Carbon Tetrachloride comp. abbr. Channel… …
9climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
10hydrosphere — /huy dreuh sfear /, n. the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere. [1885 90; HYDRO 1 + SPHERE] * * * Discontinuous layer of water at or near the Earth s surface. It… …
