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Turbine
"Turbine" in a Sentence (12 examples)
The vegetation and the murmuring water calm my ardent mind. A wind turbine rotates behind the trees.
A steam turbine is a prime mover in which steam at high velocity impinges upon the blades of a rotating element, thus transforming energy of the steam into mechanical energy.
In the figure shown above, two turbine engines are located under the wings, parallel to the body, with thrust acting along the body centerline.
In outer space there is no atmosphere so turbines and propellers cannot work there. This explains why a rocket works in space but a turbine engine or a propeller does not work.
A C-130 transport plane is a turboprop aircraft. Its main thrust comes from the propellers, but the propellers are turned by turbine engines.
Most modern passenger and military aircraft are powered by gas turbine engines, which are also called jet engines.
A turbofan engine is the most modern variation of the basic gas turbine engine.
At the same time that Whittle was working in England, Hans von Ohain was working on a similar design in Germany. The first airplane to successfully use a gas turbine engine was the German Heinkel He 178, in August, 1939. It was the world's first turbojet powered flight.
A goose got sucked into the engine, causing the turbine to jam and the engine to fail.
This is a gas turbine.
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Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.
Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
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