Vostok (Spacecraft)
The Vostok 3KA ( spacecraft ) was the spaceship used for the first manned space flight, which took place on Apr. 12, 1961. It was manned by cosmonaut…
The Vostok 3KA ( spacecraft ) was the spaceship used for the first manned space flight, which took place on Apr. 12, 1961. It was manned by cosmonaut…
Basically, turbine operation is no different from that of a compressor. While a compressor is adding energy to the airflow passing through it by con…
A nuclear power plant is an AC power generation station, whose energy derives from fission nuclear reactions that take place in the uranium-235 rods…
A steam engine is a prime piston engine for converting the potential heat energy of pressurized steam to mechanical energy. Steam is water in gaseou…
A steam locomotive is a vehicle that uses a steam engine as its power source to transport goods and passengers on steel rail tracks. The basic compo…
Why do buildings collapse during earthquakes ? This is a question that often arises in our minds whenever a strong earthquake strikes and wreaks havo…
A refracting telescope is an optical instrument in which the light rays from an object is gathered and brought to a focus by an objective lens and t…
Radioactivity is the emission of atomic particles from a nucleus of an atom. Therefore, protons and neutrons are radiated in every direction. This e…
A centrifugal compressor is the part of a turboprop engine that compresses the airflow radially, with the air flowing tangentially to the outer edg…
The high bypass-ratio turbofan is a turbofan engine with the amount of air bypassing the core engine higher than the air flow going through the cor…