Rupture — The term rupture describes various sorts of breaking in a number of fields. * Rupture (engineering), a failure mode * Steam rupture, a rupture in a nuclear power plant (such as pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors) when the… … Wikipedia
Rupture — Rup ture (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rupture — A breaking down or bursting asunder, splitting apart. Travelers Indem. Co. v P & P Ice & Coal Co. 248 Ky 443, 58 SW2d 640. A splitting apart of a steam boiler, as distinguished from a bursting or explosion. Cleveland Drop Forge Co. v Travelers… … Ballentine's law dictionary
List of steam energy topics — *portable engine *steam aircraft *(steam ball) aeolipile *(steam bath) sauna *steam brig *steam bus *steam car *steam crane *steam donkey *steam dummy (dummy engine) *(steam electric power plant) fossil fuel power plant (FFPP) *(steam… … Wikipedia
Modulus of rupture — Rupture Rup ture (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
2007 New York City steam explosion — Rising steam from the explosion The cloud of steam, from th … Wikipedia
Boiling water reactor — A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor developed by the General Electric in the mid 1950s.Fact|date=April 2008 The BWR is characterized by two phase fluid flow (water and steam) in the upper part of the reactor core. See… … Wikipedia
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