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Aircraft Materials and Processes 1 min read
Miller indices
Miller indices, group of three numbers that indicates the orientation of a plane or set of parallel planes of atoms…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 1 min read
Micro and Macro Structure of Solid Materials
Micro Structure of Solid Materials: The appearance of the structure of a material under a microscope is called microstructure. Optical…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 2 min read
Crystal Structure of Solid Materials
A crystal is a solid whose constituents are arranged in a systematic manner. The distinctive features of solids are their…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 5 min read
Atomic Structure of Solid Materials
An atom of any element consists of the nucleus and the electrons. The nucleus is a stationary mass, situated at…
Aircraft Materials and Processes 1 min read
Structure of Solid Materials
Materials differ from one another because of the differences in their properties. Differences in properties of various materials are due…
Aircraft Engines 2 min read
Construction and Materials
Gears The spur gears of the external or auxiliary gearbox gear train (fig. 7-4 and 7-5) are mounted between bearings…
Aircraft Engines 3 min read
External & Auxiliary gearbox
External Gearbox The external gearbox contains the drives for the accessories, the drive from the starter and provides a mounting…
Aircraft Engines 3 min read
Radial driveshaft
The purpose of a radial driveshaft is to transmit the drive from the internal gearbox to an accessory unit or…
Aircraft Engines 3 min read
Accessory drives
Accessory units provide the power for aircraft hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems in addition to providing various pumps and control…