Vehicle equipment

Vehicle equipment

Contributors in Vehicle equipment

Vehicle equipment

Material brought about by combining materials differing in composition or form on a macroscale to obtain specific characteristics and properties. The constituents retain their identity; they can be ...

compression ignition

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

The type of ignition that typically initiates combustion in a diesel engine. Rapidly compressing the air within the cylinders generates enough heat to ignite the fuel as it is injected. This is why ...

compression-ignition direct-injection (CIDI) engine

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Commonly called the diesel engine, has the highest thermal efficiency of any internal combustion engine. Challenges to improvements include a lower specific power than the gasoline engine; ...

computer modeling

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Use of a computer to develop a mathematical model of a complex system or process and to provide conditions for testing it.

conductivity

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Transmission of electricity by metallic substances. Metals have high electrical conductivity, and with few exceptions, their conductivity decreases with increasing temperature.

cooperative fuel research engine

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A standardized single-cylinder, overhead valve, variable-compression ratio engine used throughout the world for basic research into exhaust emissions and the suitability of alternate fuels.