Noun
(chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
(industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
(aviation) The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
At higher airspeeds, the 737's maximum rudder deflection is limited by blowdown, helping to prevent flight-control inputs from overstressing the aircraft's vertical stabilizer.
As The Tin Roof Blowdown begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. Source: Internet
We were camped on Pickerel Lake near the northeast edge of Quetico Park in mid-August 1978, twenty-one years before the Great Blowdown of July 4th, 1999. Source: Internet