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low pressure compressor
- Definição1
- The first compressor downstream of the inlet [or fan, if fitted] in an engine with two or more shafts.
- Fonte1
- GUNSTON, Bill. The Cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part I: organization and planning. 2nd. ed. Montreal, 2014. (Doc. 9756 AN/965).
- Nota adicional1
- Acronym in English: LPC.
- Contexto
- If ingested into the core engine, objects may pass easily through the low pressure compressor stages without leaving much damage. However, when the particles try to enter the high pressure turbine they are often battered for long periods of time by the inlet stage to this rotor due to its high speed.
- Português
- compressor de baixa pressão