Thrust Weight
Key Facts
Abbreviation
T/W
Pronunciation
/θrəst weɪt/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA
Examples in Context
- Owing to the increasing demand for raising the thrust weight ratio of modern aero engine, it is very important to optimize the structures of the components.
- Modern aircraft and spacecraft as well as other aerospace products use a large number of lightweight and high strength thin-walled components to reduce its weight, and increase the thrust weight ratio of engine.
- In order to obtain higher thrust weight ratio, nowadays, aero engine improves inlet temperature of turbine and reduces turbine stage constantly.
- Starbucks has thrust its weight behind the growing palate for premium chocolate with plans to enter the market.
- Rocket based combined cycle is a combination of the advantages of the rocket engine and intake engine, which features high thrust to weight ratio and high specific impulse and realizes the optimality of performances in the whole ballistic trajectory.
Other meanings of T/W
Thrust-to-Weight
Gov