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Rankine: a theoretical thermodynamic cycle used in steam engines comprising four principal stages: vaporisation of liquid under high pressure; expansion of steam; condensation of steam; pumping o f the liquid back to initial pressure
Category: Mechanical engineering

Rankine: an absolute temperature scale conventionally defined by the temperature of the triple point of water equal to 491,68 degree R,with 180 divisions between the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water under standard atmospheric pressure(1 deg R = 1 deg F)
Category: Mechanical engineering

Rankine: a two-dimensional circular flow in which a circular region about the origin is in solid rotation: V/R = constant, where V is the tangential speed and R is the distance from the origin; the region outside is free of vorticity, the speed being inversely proportional to the distance from the origin (as in the V-R vortex) VR = constant
Category: Physics

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