INDEX
A
- Acoustic absorption, treatment
- Activation energy
- Actuator disk theory. See also Propeller
- Adiabatic, flow
- Adiabatic wall temperature, definition
- Aerodynamic forces
- Aerothermodynamics
- Afterburner, see Combustor
- Air
- dry
- humidity
- quality standards. See also Environmental Protection Agency
- Airbreathing engines
- Aircraft
- flight envelope
- noise. See also Noise
- Airfoil
- controlled diffusion
- double circular arc
- J-profile
- multiple circular arc
- parabolic arc
- Area scheduling
- Ariane-4 rocket
- Arrhenius equation, rule
- Aspect ratio (duct)
- Atmosphere
- aerodynamic drag, see Rockets
- US standard-
- Attitude control
- AV-8B
- Aviation fuels, see Fuels
- Avogadro’s number
B
- B1-B aircraft
- Batteries
- advanced
- fuel cells
- Li-ion
- Bearing, radial, axial or thrust
- Bellmouth, see Gas turbine engine performance testing
- Bending stress
- Bernoulli equation
- Blade, see Compressor, turbine
- Bladed-disk, Blisk
- Bladed-ring, Bling
- Blade loss sources
- Blade setting angle, see Stagger angle
- Bleed
- Blockage. See also Inlets and nozzles
- Blocker
- Blowout
- Boattail
- Boiling point
- Boltzmann factor
- Boundary layer
- displacement thickness
- momentum deficit thickness
- Brake-specific fuel consumption
- Brayton cycle, see Cycle
- Breguet range equation
- Buckingham Π theorem
- Buffet, definition
- Burner. See also Combustor
- Burning rate (solid propellant)
- Buzz, instability cycle
- Bypass ratio
C
- Campbell diagram, see Compressor and turbine
- Capture, area, streamtube
- Carbon–carbon. See also Material
- Carbon monoxide. See also Combustion ...
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