Aviation dictionary. 2014.
turbine blades — The radial airfoil mounted in the edge of a turbine disc whose tangential force rotates the turbine rotor. Unlike the compressor blades, the turbine blades do not follow a particular class of airfoil shape. Their shape aims to provide passage… … Aviation dictionary
Turbine de tesla — La turbine de Tesla est un type de turbine sans pales breveté par Nikola Tesla en 1913. Elle utilise l effet de couche limite, et pas l impact d un fluide contre des pales comme c est le cas dans une turbine conventionnelle. La turbine de Tesla… … Wikipédia en Français
Turbine de Tesla — La turbine de Tesla est un type de turbine sans pales breveté par Nikola Tesla en 1913. Elle utilise l effet de couche limite et non l impact d un fluide contre des pales comme c est le cas dans une turbine conventionnelle. La turbine de Tesla… … Wikipédia en Français
Disc brake — Close up of a disc brake on a car On automobiles, disc brakes are often located with … Wikipedia
disc — i. The imaginary surface swept by the rotor blades during their rotation. ii. That portion of the compressor or the turbine to which blades are attached … Aviation dictionary
turbine wheel — A wheel or disc equipped with blades or vanes, designed to spin in reaction to a fluid flow passing over or across the vanes … Aviation dictionary
Tesla turbine — The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centrifugal flow turbine expander patented by Nikola Tesla in 1913. It is referred to as a bladeless turbine because it uses the boundary layer effect and not a fluid impinging upon the blades as in a conventional … Wikipedia
Windstar turbine — The Windstar vertical axis turbine is a lift type device with straight, extruded aluminum blades attached at each end to a central rotating shaft and are operated as Linear Array Vortex Turbine Systems (LAVTS). Vertical axis rotors each with… … Wikipedia
Super Turbine 300 — The Super Turbine 300 (abbreviated ST 300) was a two speed automatic transmission built by General Motors. It was used in various Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac models from 1964 through 1969. Oldsmobile called this transmission Jetaway, while… … Wikipedia
blade disc — A forged one piece blade and disc as opposed to separate blades fitted into a disc as in compressor or turbine blades. A common arrangement in which blades and discs are forged separately. In a blade disc, the blade and disc are forged as one… … Aviation dictionary
