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Aircraft Propulsion and Power

Used For:

aerodynamic noise (propulsion systems)
afterburner controls
afterburners (aircraft engines)
airbreathing engines (aircraft)
aircraft engine design
aircraft engine maintenance
aircraft engine performance
aircraft engine simulation
aircraft engine testing
aircraft engines
aircraft fuel systems
aircraft hydraulic systems (power)
aircraft pneumatic systems (power)
aircraft power systems
aircraft propellers
aircraft propulsion system components
aircraft propulsion systems
auxiliary power systems (aircraft)
auxiliary power units (APU) (aircraft)
bird ingestion (aircraft engines)
bypass jet engines
carburetors (aircraft engines)
centrifugal compressors (aircraft)
chemical propulsion engines (aircraft)
combustors (aircraft)
compression ignition engines (aircraft)
compressors (aircraft engines)
cooling systems (aircraft engines)
diesel engines (aircraft)
diffusers (aircraft engines)
ejectors (aircraft)
electric power systems (aircraft)
electric power units (aircraft)
electric propulsion systems (aircraft)
engine control systems (aircraft)
engine ingestion
engine noise (aircraft)
engine noise suppressors (aircraft)
exhaust systems (aircraft engines)
exit controls (aircraft engines)
fan jet engines
foreign object ingestion (aircraft engines)
fuel distribution pumps (aircraft)
fuel distribution systems (aircraft)
fuel injection systems (aircraft)
fuel system components (aircraft)
fuel systems (aircraft)
fuel tanks (aircraft)
gas turbine engines (aircraft)
gasoline engines (aircraft)
injection systems (aircraft engines)
inlet controls (aircraft engines)
inlets (aircraft)
internal combustion engines (aircraft)
jet engines
noise reduction (aircraft engines)
nozzles (aircraft)
nuclear engines (aircraft)
nuclear propulsion systems (aircraft)
piston engines (aircraft)
pneumatic systems (aircraft propulsion and power)
propellers (tractor, pusher, contrarotating, propfan)
propulsion system components (aircraft)
propulsion systems (aircraft)
pulse detonation engines
pulsejet engines
pumps (aircraft engines and fuel systems)
quiet engines (aircraft)
ramjet engines (aircraft)
reciprocating engines (aircraft)
rocket engines (aircraft)
rotary engines (aircraft)
scramjet engines (aircraft)
spark ignition engines (aircraft)
Stirling cycle engines (aircraft)
superchargers (aircraft engines)
throttle controls (aircraft)
thrust reverser controls
thrust reversers (aircraft engines)
turbine blade cooling
turbine blade vibration
turbines (aircraft engines)
turbofan engines
turboprop engines
turborocket engines (aircraft)
wind tunnel tests (propulsion systems)

Broader Terms:

Aeronautics

Scope Note

Includes primary propulsion systems and related systems and components, e.g., gas turbine engines, compressors, and fuel systems; and onboard auxiliary power plants for aircraft. For related information see also 20 Spacecraft Propulsion and Power; 28 Propellants and Fuels; and 44 Energy Production and Conversion.

Date Last Modified

2007-01-11