Vehicle equipment

Vehicle equipment

Contributors in Vehicle equipment

Vehicle equipment

A geographic area in the United States designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as having air quality that fails to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards under the Clean Air ...

OICA test cycle

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

The test cycle of the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA) is used in Europe for emissions certification of heavy-duty diesel engines. Engines are monitored with a ...

steady state

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Condition of a body or system in which the conditions at each point do not change with time, after initial fluctuations have disappeared.

substrate

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Basic surface on which a material adheres — for example, paint or laminate.

supercharger

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

An air compressor designed to force air, under pressure, into an engine's cylinders.

superplastic forming (SPF)

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A metal-forming process that uses the extreme extendability of certain metal alloys to form complex parts, in fewer stages and with minimum waste. The process uses precisely controlled rates of ...

technology benchmarking

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Assessing technology by testing and evaluating representative components, subsystems, and complete vehicle systems to (a) determine attributes and (b) compare them with program objectives and ...