Engineering Science

Index

a.c. see alternating current

acceleration

centripetal acceleration 162–5, 172–4

defining 143

linear equations of motion 144–7

acceleration analysis, engine slider-crank mechanism 176–8

acceleration diagrams

centripetal acceleration 172–4

kinematics 172–4

acceptor circuit, resonant circuits 478

ACWM see anticlockwise moments

adiabatic processes, reversible adiabatic process, perfect gas processes 257–8

admittances

parallel admittance 466–8

parallel circuits 468–70

series circuits 468–70

aircraft propulsion

gas turbine engines 287–9

turbojet engines 289–98

alternating current (a.c.)

average value 448

capacitors 453–4

frequency 446

harmonics 508–15

impedance 455–9

inductors 454–5

peak-to-peak value 448

peak value 448

periodic time 446–8

phase angle 449

power ...