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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A measure of engine life. Durability is normally measured in hours of time between overhauls, or TBO.
Industry:Aviation
A measure of force applied uniformly over a given unit of surface area. Pressure is normally expressed in such terms as pounds per square inch or grams per square centimeter.
Industry:Aviation
A measure of force in the English system. One poundal is the amount of force needed to cause a mass of one pound to accelerate at the rate of one foot per second each second it is acted upon.
Industry:Aviation
A measure of frequency of a recurring event. One cycle per second is called one hertz (Hz).
Industry:Aviation
A measure of light intensity. One candlepower is the amount of light intensity produced by one international candle or one candela.
Industry:Aviation
A measure of magnetomotive force (mmf) of an electromagnet. One ampere turn is the amount of mmf produced when one ampere of current flows through one turn of wire in a coil. One ampere turn is equal to 1.26 gilberts.
Industry:Aviation
A measure of mechanical power equal to 33,000 foot-pounds of work done in 1 minute, 550 foot-pounds of work done in 1 second, or 746 watts of power.
One metric horsepower is equal to 75 meter-kilograms per second or 0.9863 English horsepower.
Industry:Aviation
A measure of pressure in the metric system that is equal to one thousandth of a bar. One bar is a pressure of 14.5 psi, or 29.52 in. Hg. (105 pascals or 105 newtons per square meter), and one millibar is equal to a pressure of 1,000 dynes per square centimeter, 0.014 69 psi, or 0.029 52 in. Hg. Standard sea level pressure equal to 1,013.2 millibars.
Industry:Aviation
A measure of reflected energy in an electrical transmission line such as a waveguide or a coaxial cable. VSWR is the ratio of a voltage maximum to an adjacent voltage minimum.
Industry:Aviation
