Finite Element Method

A component on a compressed air line that provides wide are coverage with a thin sheet of air. Also amplifies compressed air flow, reduces noise. Used in blowing, cooling. Also known as air knife.

Space between the floor of holds and the bottom of the ship.

An approximation to the complete equations describing atmospheric motion in which only the terms most important for the growth and decay of synoptic scale extratropical weather systems (i.e., the large areas of high and low pressure seen on weather maps) ...

Solar and terrestrial radiation directed upward (away From the earth's surface); outgoing radiation.

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

The ratio of the electric current density to the electric field in a material. Also called electrical conductivity or specific conductance.

To tie something with a line; to secure

A gift such as money or property to an institution for a given.

A member of the ship's crew.

An apparatus for converting the energy available in the wind to mechanical energy that can be used to power machinery (grain mills, water pumps) and to operate an electrical generator.

A black finish on a metal produced by immersing it in hot oxidizing salts or salt solutions.

In navigation, the angle between the point at which the sun rises and sets and the true east and west points of the horizon.

A region of shallow water usually made of sand or mud, usually running parallel to the shore. Bars are caused by wave and current action, and may not be shown on a chart

Overhanging part of a vessel's stern. The area of the upper deck of a ship that is nearest the stern.

The envelope of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by virtue of the earth's gravitational attraction. The system whose chemical Properties. dynamic motions, and physical processes constitute the subject matter of meteorolog ...

A type of impulse hydropower turbine where water passes through nozzles and strikes cups arranged on the periphery of a runner, or wheel, which causes the runner to rotate, producing mechanical energy. The runner is fixed on a shaft, and the rotational mo ...

Modular Cargo Delivery System.

A generic term for liquefied and pressurized gas, ordinarily butane, propane, or a mixture of the two, contained in a cylinder for domestic use.

An evaluation, according to set procedures, of those weather elements which are most important for aircraft operations. Always includes cloud height or vertical visibility, sky cover, visibility, obstructions to vision, certain atmospheric phenomena, and ...