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Images from the USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

October 23, 2009 David Cenciotti

Between Oct. 19 and 20, 2009, I had the possibility to spend some 25 hours on board the USS Nimitz nuclear supercarrier. I went to Manama, Bahrain, and after a long flight in a C-2 […]

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Compressor stall…in the worst case scenario

October 22, 2009 David Cenciotti

“A compressor stall is a situation of abnormal airflow resulting from a stall of the aerofoils within the compressor. Stall is found in dynamic compressors, particularly axial compressors, as used in jet engines and turbochargers […]