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- Definição1
- The pressure inside the exhaust system of a reciprocating engine that prevents complete scavenging of the burned gases from the cylinders. Back pressure is caused by mufflers and such power-recovery devices as turbo-chargers and power-recovery turbines (PRT).
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
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