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tip clearance

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tip clearance [′tip ‚klirĀ·əns]
(naval architecture)
The clearance or distance between the circumference of the tip circle of a propeller and the hull of the vessel.


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The advantage of the small tip clearance is that it reduces the dead areas on the mixer sides, leading to improved cooling capacity.
Marker Particle Tracking Method From the direct 3-D numerical calculation, we obtained several simultaneous physical properties such as velocity distribution, leakage flow from tip clearance or side gaps (18, 19), etc.
Thus, the uniformity of cylindrical expansion may be the more important factor, and the thicker sleeve would be more desirable to avoid excessive tip clearances or sticking due to out of round sleeve conditions.
 
 
 
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