engine shaft horsepower

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• shaft horsepower — noun : horsepower transmitted by an engine shaft : brake horsepower …   Useful english dictionary

• shaft horsepower — noun Date: 1908 horsepower transmitted by an engine shaft …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbr.: shp, SHP [1905 10] * * * …   Universalium

• equivalent brake horsepower/equivalent shaft horsepower — The sum of horsepower available at the propeller shaft in a piston/turboprop engine, measured as brake horsepower and equivalent power derived from jet thrust by applying a numerical factor to measure thrust. ESHP = SHP (shaft horsepower) +… …   Aviation dictionary

• Horsepower — hp redirects here. For other uses, see HP (disambiguation). Horsepower (HP) is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.[1] Horsepower was originally defined to compare the… …   Wikipedia

• horsepower — /hawrs pow euhr/, n. 1. a foot pound second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot pounds per second, or 745.7 watts. 2. Informal. the capacity to achieve or produce; strength or talent: The university s history faculty is noted for its… …   Universalium

• gasoline engine — Most widely used form of internal combustion engine, found in most automobiles and many other vehicles. Gasoline engines vary significantly in size, weight per unit of power generated, and arrangement of components. The principal type is the… …   Universalium

• Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the …   Wikipedia

• thrust horsepower — The amount of horsepower the engine propeller combination transforms into thrust. The terms brake horsepower and shaft horsepower are more often used for reciprocating engines rather than thrust horsepower. In gas turbine engines, it is the force …   Aviation dictionary

• brake horsepower — (bhp)    the effective power output of an engine, sometimes measured as the resistance a brake attached to the output shaft provides to an engine. See horsepower …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …   Universalium