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labyrinth seal [′lab·ə‚rinth ‚sēl] (engineering) A minimum-leakage seal that offers resistance to fluid flow while providing radial or axial clearance; a labyrinth of circumferential knives or touch points provides for successive expansion of the fluid being piped; used for gas pipes, steam engines, and turbines. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| SwRI engineers are also using advanced three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics to capture the fluid/rotor interaction around rotating elements such as impellers and labyrinth seals inside centrifugal compressors and pumps. |
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