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• Exhaust brake
  ...haust brakes have exhaust pressure modulation (EPM) that controls the back pressure which in turn improves the braking performance across a range of engine spe Some new innovations increase the exhaust back-pressure by various means, leading to more torque at the flywheel, and therefore mor
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• Power steering
  ...ases, hence a relief valve is incorporated into the system to allow excess pressure to be bled away. ...used, i.e. driving in a straight line, twin hydraulic lines provide equal pressure to both sides of the steering wheel gear. When [[torque]] is applied to the
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• Exhaust pipe
  ...]s, a bulge in the exhaust pipe known as an [[expansion chamber]] uses the pressure of the exhaust to create a [[pump]] that squeezes more air and fuel into th ...ater into the exhaust pipe cools the exhaust gas and thus lessens the back-pressure at the engine's cylinders' [[exhaust port]]s and thus helps the cylinders t
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• Blowoff valve
  A '''blowoff valve''' is a pressure release system present in [[turbocharge]]d engines, its purpose is to preve ...when the throttle is lifted or closed. This air pressure is re-circulated back into the non-pressurized end of the intake (before the turbo) but after the
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• Power transmission
  ...r over great distances; another set of transformers is required to step it back down to safer or more usable voltage levels at destination. [[Hydraulic]] systems use liquid under pressure to transmit power; [[canals]] and [[hydroelectric]] [[power generation]] fa
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• Air brake (road vehicle)
  An air brake system uses air as a way to transmit pressure from the driver's control to the service brake. It also includes an air-ove ...compressor from pumping air. When the tank pressure falls to the "cut-in" pressure (no lower than 85 p.s.i. or 586 kPa), the governor allows the compressor to
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• Four-stroke
  ...e is characterized by four ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...ark plug]] for a [[gasoline]] or [[Otto cycle]] engine, or by the heat and pressure of compression for a [[Diesel cycle]] of [[compression ignition engine]], a
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...e is characterized by four ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...ark plug]] for a [[gasoline]] or [[Otto cycle]] engine, or by the heat and pressure of compression for a [[Diesel cycle]] of [[compression ignition engine]], a
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• Spoiler (automotive)
  # increasing the amount of positive pressure downward through the vehicle ...'roof spoiler''' is a small ridge of plastic or metal attached to the very back of the roof, usually just above the rear window.
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• Ground effect
  ...accelerated through a narrow slot between the car and the ground, lowering pressure by [[Bernoulli's principle]]. ..., he placed them further back and discovered that a small area of negative pressure was formed under the car, generating a useful amount of downforce - around
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• Two stroke
  ...ssing the mixture which is ignited by a [[spark plug]], driving the piston back down. ...ressurizes the crankcase. This pushes also some mixture from the crankcase back to the inlet tract, causing the reed valve to close and preventing the mixt
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• Supercharger
  ...n accelerating the air to high speed and then exchanging that velocity for pressure by diffusing or slowing it down. ...d dramatically shorten an engine's life due to the extreme temperature and pressure created by the supercharger, but modern engines produced with modern materi
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• Roller bearing
  ...along the ground with little sliding friction. As each log comes out the back, it is moved to the front where the block then rolls on to it. You can imi ...Thus, the contact between ball and race is of finite size and has finite pressure. Note also that the deformed ball and race do not roll entirely smoothly b
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• Air brake (rail)
  ...g system is that any separation between hoses and pipes causes loss of air pressure and hence the loss of the force applying the brakes. This deficiency could ...system wherein each piece of railroad rolling stock was equipped with an [[Pressure tank|air reservoir]] and a ''triple valve'', also known as a ''control valv
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...oke engine with an expansion pipe illustrating the effect of the reflected pressure wave on the fuel charge.]] ...ssing the mixture which is ignited by a [[spark plug]], driving the piston back down.
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• Hydropneumatic suspension
  ...ven 7-piston pump, similar in size to a power steering pump generates this pressure when the engine is running. * 2001 [[Citroën C5|C5]]: No more central hydraulic pressure generation; combined pump/sphere unit for the suspension only and with elec
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• Brake bleeding
  ...gas]] and their presence in the brake system greatly reduces the hydraulic pressure that can be developed within the system. More sophisticated automatic systems allow brake fluid to be forced under pressure from the brake fluid reservoir into the entire system. Using these devices,
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• 1970 Monaco Grand Prix
  ...rabham's victory seemed to be on the way though, as he resisted to all the pressure that Rindt brought on him. But the unbeliavable happened: on the last lap, | Oil Pressure
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...e is characterized by four ''strokes'', or straight movements alternately, back and forth, of a [[piston]] inside a [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]: ...y a [[spark plug]] for a gasoline or Otto cycle engine, or by the heat and pressure of compression for a [[Diesel cycle]] of [[compression ignition engine]], a
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• Bandini 1000 Turbo
  ..., [[Biella (mechanical) | rods]] [[titanium]], turbo with intercooler (1.4 pressure [[bar]]) ...tical while an aerodynamic to "spout duck" gives grit and character to the back, which merges into a mysterious harmony convexity very accentuated that abs
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...[[nitrogen]] in the air reacts with oxygen under the high temperature and pressure conditions inside the engine. NOx emissions contribute to both smog and [[ ...increasing the pressure inside the tank above atmospheric pressure. This pressure must be relieved, and before emissions control it was simply vented into th
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• Cockpit
  ...uments are usually regarded as essential: MCP, PFD, ND, EICAS, FMS/CDU and Back-up Instruments. ...ither centrally or on either side of the cockpit. It will show the current pressure setting for the altimeter (local or standard), target speed and current spe
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• Ferrari 360 Challenge
  ...used. There's a new intake manifold, revised intake timing, a low counter-pressure exhaust silencer and re-positioned valve-springs, the transmission addition ...the cars efficiency and balance. Additional downforce is generated at the back by a subtly re-profiled tailgate whilst oval cooling vanes now surround the
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• Bicycle brake systems
  ...d with a front spoon brake and no rear brake, although with no free wheel, back-pedalling was an option. This was undoubtedly a big improvement on having n ...l be impossible to adjust the brake pads so that they can apply sufficient pressure to the rim but do not rub when released and do not contact the tire, which
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• Ron Haslam
  ...a]] and won the non-world championship [[Kuala Lumpur]] GP. In 1983 he was back for a full season on a factory Honda as team-mate with American [[Freddie S ...organisers the following day to give the win to Graeme Crosby. Haslam was back the following year to claim an undisputed victory.
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• Engine tuning
  ...ugh the complete exhaust system, using larger diameter piping and low back pressure [[muffler]]s, and through the intake system, with larger diameter airboxes, ...the [[compression ratio]], which makes more efficient use of the cylinder pressure developed and leading to more rapid burning of fuel, by using larger compre
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• Rodger Ward
  ...line. He finished 130 laps in the [[1952 Indianapolis 500]] before the oil pressure failed. His [[1953 Indianapolis 500]] ended after 170 laps, and his [[1954 ...ianapolis 500]]. Ward took the lead on lap 183 (of 200). The lead switched back and forth between Ward and Rathmann until Rathmann pulled ahead on lap 197
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• Alfa Romeo Twin Spark engine
  ...d exhaust system on all modern cars, where the exhaust system creates back pressure to pull spent gasses from the cylinder bores. Modifying this tuned system i
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• Spacecraft propulsion
  ...are propelled by heating the reaction mass and allowing it to flow out the back of the vehicle. This sort of [[engine]] is called a '''[[rocket|rocket eng ...ell. A few designs take advantage of things like magnetic fields or light pressure in order to change the spacecraft's momentum, but in free space the rocket
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...'s RPM and the position of the gas pedal (or the [[MAP sensor|manifold air pressure]]). The engine tuner can adjust this by bringing up a [[spreadsheet]]-like ...he ECU to increase the injector fire time to compensate for a loss of fuel pressure.
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• Troy Bayliss
  ...n previous, it was only at the final round in Imola that the team reverted back to the original frame, needless to say that Troy was very competitive all w ...ng to some, confirmation that Troy's sacking was influenced by sponsorship pressure rather than any performance based reasons was seen in the appointment of [[
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• Maserati Bora
  ...oil springs, telescopic shocks and anti-roll bars. Citroën's advanced high pressure hydraulics were adopted to operate the ventilated disc brakes, the brake, c ...e and reach, the driver's seat being height adjustable only. Instead, high pressure hydraulics moved the pedal box, consisting of the brake, clutch and throttl
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• Hans Stuck
  ...ides differ). After a series of injuries to other team drivers, as well as pressure from the German government (again, accounts differ as to what combination o * [http://8w.forix.com/stuck.html From Austria to Auto-Union and back]
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• Tire manufacturing
  ...compressed in the area where the tire contacts the road surface and spring back to its original shape under high-frequency cycles. Typical components used ...low air permeability. The inner liner assures that the tire will hold high-pressure air inside, without the air gradually diffusing through the rubber structur
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• Formula One engines
  ...pressure]]. This is comparable with the 14.3 bar maximum [[mean effective pressure|MEP]] of the 2003 [[BMW E46]] [[M3 CSL#M3 CSL .28E36.29|M3 CSL]], the [[Lis ...en greatly modified since the 1967 [[Cosworth DFV]] and the mean effective pressure has stayed at around 14 bar MEP. Until the mid-1980s Formula One engines we
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• Carlos Reutemann
  ...shadowed by more forceful teammates and, some say, did not respond well to pressure at key moments in his career. In [[1981]], he finished second in the World Joining the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] team for [[1980]] brought back some of his form with a win at Monaco and eight podiums for third in the Ch
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• Alps
  ...Most of this occurred during the [[Oligocene]] and [[Miocene]] epochs. The pressure formed great recumbent folds, or ''nappes'', that rose out of what had beco ...lieved that the [[climate]] changed so rapidly that the glaciers retreated back into the mountains in a span of about 200 to 300 years.
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• Automatic transmission
  ...changes, causing different sets of valves to open and close. The hydraulic pressure controlled by these valves drives the various clutch and brake band actuato ...This puts the car into the reverse gear, giving the ability for the car to back up. In order for the driver to select reverse they must come to a complete
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• Motor oil
  ...bricant base stock plus additives to improve the oil's detergency, extreme pressure performance, and ability to [[corrosion inhibitor|inhibit]] [[corrosion]] o ...with the help of an oil filter removal tool, and a new oil filter screwed back in after applying fresh oil to the sealing surface of the new filter. Then
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• Engineering mechanics
  ...xamples of ''mechanical systems'' include the flow of a [[liquid]] under [[pressure]], the fracture of a [[solid]] from an applied [[force]], or the vibration ...s of motion]] while the modern practice of their application can be traced back to [[Stephen Timoshenko|Timoshenko]], who is said to be the father of moder
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• Engine
  ...|water power]], [[wind power]] and even [[Steam engine |steam power]] date back to antiquity. ...ted all known methods of raising engine capacity, including increasing the pressure in the cylinders to improve efficiency, increasing the size of the engine,
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• Transmission
  .... They are primarily using [[hydraulics]] to select gears, depending on [[pressure]] exerted by fluid within the transmission assembly. Rather than using a [ ...inning at high rpm by a large flow of exhaust in order to keep the [[boost pressure]] up and eliminate the [[turbo lag]] that occurs when the engine is idling
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• Car handling
  ====center of gravity forward or back ==== ...ular inertia detracts from the ability of the suspension to keep front and back tire loadings constant on uneven surfaces and therefore contributes to bump
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• Marine engine
  ...|water power]], [[wind power]] and even [[Steam engine |steam power]] date back to antiquity. ...ted all known methods of raising engine capacity, including increasing the pressure in the cylinders to improve efficiency, increasing the size of the engine,
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• Newton's Second Law
  ...for example, the second law does apply to the radio wave (see [[radiation pressure]], [[radiation reaction]] force, etc.) It applicability is guaranteed by ac ...motion of the other, that body also (because of the equality of the mutual pressure) will undergo an equal change, in its own motion, toward the contrary part.
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• Jacques Villeneuve
  ...race of the year at [[1997 European Grand Prix|Jerez]]. Schumacher, under pressure from his rival, made a mistake allowing Villeneuve to close in. The German ...indered development. Autosport magazine speculated on Villeneuve switching back to Williams for 2000, but he went on to race for BAR until late 2003, never
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• Andrea de Cesaris
  Moving back to [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]] in 1982, de Cesaris showed to be ...ailure in [[Great Britain]] led to a massive crash but the Italian bounced back to take qualify seventh and finish fifth in [[Germany]].
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• Fiat 130
  ...asing the size of the carburettor choke from 42 to 45 mm and reducing back pressure by extending the portion of the exhaust manifold that used individual pipes
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• SI
  ...for symbols derived from the name of a person. For example, the unit of [[pressure]] is named after [[Blaise Pascal]], so its symbol is written "Pa" whereas t ...p://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2100.pdf Letterlike Symbols] subranges for back compatibility, without necessarily recommending future usage.
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