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INITIAL VACUUM [8 records]

Record 1 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
CONT

In order to minimize the plasma loss arising from interactions with background gas particles, the plasma is contained in an ultra-high vacuum system. The high vacuum is obtained by using turbo-molecular pumps for the initial vacuum and liquid helium cryopumps for the pumping to very low pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

In a skidding turn, the gyro precesses towards the inside of the turn. After return on the aircraft to straight and level flight, the instrument shows a turn in the direction of the skid. In a normal turn, the gyro precesses towards the inside of the turn. The precession error is quickly corrected by the erecting mechanism.

CONT

The only really tricky part of the attitude indicator is its erecting mechanism. When power(vacuum) is first applied to the instrument, the mechanism quickly erects the gyro spindle to plumb-vertical in order to align the artificial horizon with the natural horizon. In flight, the erecting mechanism continually compensates the gyro for precession errors in order to keep it aligned throughout the course of a long flight. The design of the erecting mechanism is quite clever. In an air-driven attitude gyro, there are "pendulous vanes" suspended from pivots attached to the lower portion of the sealed gyro housing, one vane for each exhaust port. The vanes are positioned so that, when the gyro is erect, each vane half-covers its associated exhaust port. If the gyro tilts so that its axle is not plumb, the pendulous vanes shift so that one exhaust port is more-than-half-covered and the opposite exhaust port is less-than-half-covered. The resulting imbalance of discharge air exerts a force on the rotor housing at right angles to the direction of tilt, causing the gyro to precess to the erect position. As soon as the gyro is erect, the pendulous vanes return to a balanced condition to remove the precessing force. Pure magic! The erecting mechanism can erect the gyro quite quickly at initial power-up because the gyro doesn’t exhibit much gyroscopic rigidity at low rotor RPMs. Typically, the horizon bar becomes level within the first 10 or 15 seconds, and then its oscillations(caused by precessional nutation of the gyro) are damped out within a minute or so as the rotor comes up-to-speed.

Key term(s)
  • gyroscope erecting mechanism
  • gyro erecting mechanism
  • erection mechanism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

Dans un virage dérapé, le gyroscope «précesse» du côté du virage. Une fois l'avion revenu au vol rectiligne en palier, l'instrument indique un virage dans la direction du dérapage. Dans un virage normal, le gyroscope «précesse» du côté du virage. Le mécanisme de redressement du gyroscope corrige rapidement l'erreur de précession.

CONT

Description d'un Épervier [drone] [...] d. Le gyroscope vertical: Dans ce cas, les deux axes, ROLL et PITCH sont terminés par les potentiomètres qui détectent les écarts de positions angulaires du corps par rapport aux horizons roll et pitch. Les mécanismes d'érection ne sont prévus que pour maintenir la verticalité parfaite de la masse en rotation.

OBS

Horizon gyroscopique [...] La verticalité de l'axe de toupie [delta] est approximativement assurée par un érecteur (mécanique, électro-mécanique, pneumatique) produisant une raideur en quadrature de signe convenable.

Key term(s)
  • mécanisme de redressement du gyroscope

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treatment of Wood
DEF

In pressure processes, with or without vacuums, the total amount of preservative that has entered the wood before any recovery(e. g. by a final vacuum), i. e. includes both the initial absorption and absorption during the pressure period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des bois
DEF

S'il s'agit de procédés d'imprégnation du bois par pression, la quantité totale de produit de préservation qui a pénétré dans le bois avant toute phase de récupération, par exemple par le vide. [On peut dire que] c'est la somme de l'absorption initiale et de l'absorption pendant la phase de pression [...]

OBS

[S']exprime en Kg/m³.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la madera
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Record 4 2001-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Vacuum Exhaust System(Waste Gas). All of the laboratory modules contain the plumbing to support a waste gas exhaust system that is vented to space. A 2. 5 cm(1 in.) diameter gas line connected to this exhaust system is provided at each of the ISPR [International Standard Payload Racks] locations. The pressure allowed into the waste gas line is 275. 8 kPa(40 psia). The temperature of the exhaust waste gas is allowed to be be between 15. 6-45°C(60-113°F). The waste gas system can reach pressures of 1 x 10 [minus³] torr(1. 9 x 10minus 5 psia) in less than two hours for a single payload volume of 100 liters(3. 5 ft³) at an initial pressure of 101. 4 kPa(14. 7 psia). The waste gas system is a shared and scheduled resource that can only be operated at one ISPR location within each module at a time. This requirement is to prevent cross contamination of payloads and incompatible mixtures of waste gas constituents. The types of waste gas constituents allowed must be compatible with the wetted materials of the module waste gas system.

OBS

waste gas exhaust system: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

Module waste gas system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

système d'évacuation des gaz usés : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treatment of Wood
DEF

The vacuum drawn to remove air from timber before treating with preservative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des bois
DEF

[...] vide que l'on établit pour éliminer l'air du bois avant de le traiter avec un produit de préservation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la madera
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Record 6 1998-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
OBS

Referred to unit of mass of the solid, the difference(at constant temperature) between the enthalpy of a solid completely immersed in a wetting liquid, and that of the solid and the liquid taken separately. It must be specified whether the solid in the initial state is in contact with vacuum or with the vapour of the liquid at a given partial pressure. Measurements of the enthalpy of wetting of a solid equilibrated with varying relative pressures of the vapour of a pure wetting liquid may be used to derive the differential enthalpy of adsorption of the vapour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
OBS

Se réfère à l'unité de masse du solide et a trait à la différence (à température constante) entre l'enthalpie d'un solide complètement immergé dans un liquide mouillant et celles du solide et du liquide séparés. On doit spécifier si, dans son état initial, le solide est sous vide ou à une pression donnée de vapeur du liquide. On peut utiliser des mesures d'enthalpie de mouillage d'un solide en équilibre à diverses pressions relatives de la vapeur du liquide mouillant pour en déduire l'enthalpie différentielle de l'adsorption de vapeur.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
  • Papermaking Machines
CONT

For simple thickening of very dilute stocks up to 12% consistency, multidisc thickeners... can be used. A fiber mat forms on the face of each sector as it submerges in the vat of stock. After complete submergence, vacuum is applied and more pulp is deposited while filtrate is drawn through the mat. The initial filtrate is relatively cloudy and can be segregated(by the action of the end valve) for dilution uses. The later(clear) filtrate is sufficiently free of fiber to be used for shower water. Following emergence from the vat, the pulp mat is further dewatered and finally removed from the filter media by a knockoff shower. Multidisc thickeners are most commonly used as save all devices, i. e., to recover fine fibers from white water and reuse the water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
  • Machines à papier
CONT

Pour obtenir un épaississage à une concentration ne dépassant pas 12 %, on peut faire appel à des épaississeurs à disques [...] Un matelas fibreux se forme à la surface de chacun des segments à mesure que ceux-ci plongent dans la cuve de pâte. Après immersion complète, un vide est appliqué qui entraîne un dépôt supplémentaire de pâte, tandis que le filtrat est aspiré à travers le matelas. Le premier filtrat est relativement trouble et peut être isolé (par l'appareil de robinetterie d'extrémité) aux fins de dilution. Le filtrat subséquent (plus clair) possède une teneur en fibres suffisamment faible pour servir d'eau de rinçage. À sa sortie de la cuve, la couche de pâte continue d'être épaissie, puis est enfin détachée du disque filtrant au moyen d'un rinceur de choc.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Effects of Heat (Energy Transfer)
CONT

Detailed Design, Construction and Initial Operation of a Vacuum Pyrolysis Process Development Unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de la chaleur (Transfert de l'énergie)

Spanish

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