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GEARING ARRANGEMENT [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
DEF

A turbine engine which drives one or several propellers through a reduction gearing arrangement.

OBS

turboprop engine; propeller turbine engine: terms standardized by the British Standards Institution.

Key term(s)
  • turbo-propeller engine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
DEF

Propulseur aéronautique composé d'une turbine à gaz, entraînant une ou plusieurs hélices par l'intermédiaire d'un réducteur.

CONT

Un turbopropulseur est un turbomoteur sur l'arbre duquel est montée une hélice; autrement dit, sur un turbopropulseur, une roue de turbine est reliée par un arbre à une hélice qui se trouve ainsi entraînée en rotation.

OBS

turbopropulseur : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
DEF

Motor para aviones constituido por una turbina de gas que mueve una o dos hélices por medio de un reductor.

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Record 2 1985-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
DEF

A reduction gearing arrangement in which the propeller shaft is attached to an adapter holding several small planetary gears. These gears run between a sun gear and a ring gear, either of which may be driven by the crankshaft, and the other is fixed into the nose section. Planetary gears are efficient and do not reverse the direction of rotation between the two shafts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
Key term(s)
  • engrenage planétaire

Spanish

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