Assertion: turbine's rotor | /r/HasProperty | heavy
Facets:
value: for a prescribed throughflow rate
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The basic design parameters for heavy industrial gas turbine engines evolved from industrial steam turbines that have slower speeds, heavy rotors, and larger cases than jet engines to ensure longer life.
text: With common fluids, the required disk spacing is dismally small causing [rotors using] laminar flow to tend to be large and heavy for a prescribed throughflow rate.