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Vehicle equipment
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Vehicle equipment
turbocharger
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
A turbine driven by exhaust gases that increases engine power by forcing relatively large amounts of air into the cylinders of an engine.
ultracapacitor
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Ultracapacitors are higher specific energy and power versions of electrolytic capacitors—devices that store energy as an electrostatic charge. They are electrochemical systems that store energy in a ...
vehicle systems
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Full spectrum of components and subsystems, as well as their configuration, that determines the attributes of a vehicle.
vortex shedding
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Swirling flow generated by a stream of fluid flowing past a flow obstruction, such as a solid body.
wastegate
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
A valve used to limit the boost developed in a turbocharger. A wastegate allows some of an engine's exhaust flow to bypass the turbocharger's turbine under certain conditions.
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Analytical technique in which information about the surface of a specimen is obtained by studying the spectrum of photoelectrons emitted from the surface when it is bombarded by x-ray photons.
