The force per unit area acting on the surface of a solid boundary parallel to the flow.

An international charge card enabling the holder to obtain goods and services without the need to.

Anchor is off the sea bottom when being heaved in .

Course Over Ground

A large power plant that generates power for distribution to multiple customers.

The use of two or more different fuels (e.g. wood and coal) simultaneously in the same combustion chamber of a power plant.

This is the pressure found on the suction side of a refrigeration system.

A self-contained toilet that use the process of aerobic decomposition (composting) to break down feces into humus and odorless gases.

Vibration isolation mount. Provides reductions in vibration transmission.

The rate at which a company is spending its cash reserves.

See: 'gilt-edged.

A term, used by some assurance companies, as an alternative to.

Molten slag; in the pulp and paper industry, the cooking chemicals tapped from the recovery boiler as molten material and dissolved in the smelt tank as green liquor.

A multiplying factor for applied stress that allows for the presence of a structural discontinuity such as a notch or hole; Kt equals the ratio of the greatest stress in the region of the discontinuity to the nominal stress for the entire section. Also ca ...

(1) State of anodically passivated metal characterized by a considerable increase of the corrosion current, in the; absence of pitting, when the potential is increased. (2) The noble region of potential where an electrode exhibits at higher than passive c ...

Thermodynamic change of state of a system in which there is transfer of heat across the boundaries of the system. Compare to adiabatic process.

Here are a few old superstitions of seamen: (1) When a ship was launched or about to sail on a long voyage, a libation was offered to the gods of the sea by pouring wine upon the deck so that good fortune would accompany the ship. (2) Flowers carried on b ...

The document which specifies the details and conditions of cover of an insurance contract together.

A spring which is designed to achieve a fixed spring constant over a wide temperature range. Usually, this involves an alloy with high nickel content such as Ni-Span C. It is common for these springs to be stress relieved at elevated temperature after for ...

A navigational buoy on which is mounted a bell with clappers hung inside a metal cage, which is rung by the motion of the sea. It serves as a warning of shoal waters.