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• Piston
  ...piston and the [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] wall, and one or more ''oil control ring''s below the compression rings. The head of the piston can be flat, bu ...wer (in the form of a reciprocating [[linear]] [[motion]]). From there the power is conveyed through a [[connecting rod]] to a [[crankshaft]], which transfo
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• Power steering
  ...Chrysler Imperial]] under the name Hydraguide. Most new vehicles now have power steering, although in the 1970s and 1980s it was the exception rather than Most power steering systems work by using a belt driven pump to provide [[hydraulic sy
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• Pneumatics
  ...tikos'', coming from the wind) is the use of '''pressurized gas''' to do [[Mechanical work|work]] in [[science]] and [[technology]]. ...ls are lighter, faster, and simpler than an electric [[drill]] of the same power rating (because the prime mover, the [[compressor]], is separate from the d
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• Electronic brakeforce distribution
  ...more or less braking pressure to each wheel in order to maximize stopping power. ...heel lockup. EBD instead applies brake force precisely through electronic control. It recognises that driving conditions, braking situations and vehicle weig
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• Hydraulic fluid
  ...Hydraulic systems are very common in [[aircraft]] [[Flight controls|flight control systems]]. Environmentally sensitive applications (e.g. [[tractor#power and transmission|farm tractors]] and marine [[dredging]]) may benefit from
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• Engine braking
  ...ession of the fuel-air mixture before ignition, in order to extract useful mechanical energy from the expansion. [[Diesel]] engines are [[adiabatic]] and have no ...parts. The engine maintains a high rotational speed to dissipate a lot of power without forcing too much strain on the engine.
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• Lancia Eta-30/50HP
  ...of 9 liters, [[water cooling]], forced circulation, finned tube radiator, mechanical fan; ...(mechanical)|exchange]] ( box in aluminum alloys) to 4 reports the reverse control lever side of the gearbox ratios: 4651:1 at first, second 2326:1, 1550:1 at
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• Bandini 1100 Siluro
  * [[Suspension (mechanical) | Suspensions]]: ** Parking Mechanical tape, on [[tree (mechanical) | transmission shaft]]
  5 KB (673 words) - 22:58, 1 June 2010
• Brake-by-wire
  ...e traditional mechanical and hydraulic [[control system]]s with electronic control systems using [[electromechanical]] actuators and [[human-machine interface (i) [[Processor]]s including an [[Electronic Control Unit]] (ECU) and other local processors
  12 KB (1,782 words) - 15:24, 7 August 2009
• Linkage (mechanical)
  ...ify a four-bar, one [[degrees of freedom (engineering)|degree of freedom]] mechanical linkage; or a five-bar, two DOF linkage when the adjustment screw is consid ...ferent output, altering the motion, velocity, acceleration, and applying [[mechanical advantage]].
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• Engine
  ...and "[[speech synthesis|text-to-speech engine]]" are common. The earliest mechanical computing device was called the [[difference engine]]; Military devices suc ...ecent usage, the term is typically used to describe devices that perform [[mechanical work]], follow-ons to the original steam engine. In most cases the work is
  9 KB (1,353 words) - 00:51, 9 August 2009
• Fuel pump
  [[image:fuelpump1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|mechanical fuel pump, fitted to [[cylinder head]]]] ===Mechanical pump===
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• Marine engine
  ...and "[[speech synthesis|text-to-speech engine]]" are common. The earliest mechanical computing device was called the [[difference engine]]; Military devices suc ...ecent usage, the term is typically used to describe devices that perform [[mechanical work]], follow-ons to the original steam engine. In most cases the work is
  9 KB (1,383 words) - 00:47, 4 March 2009
• Electronic Stability Control
  ...hicle's handling]], particularly at the limits where the driver might lose control of the vehicle. ...]], Delphi and TRW, usually under the broader name of Electronic Stability Control, which is the more common term recognized by the [[Society of Automotive En
  11 KB (1,566 words) - 09:26, 7 October 2009
• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...onization with the gear-shifting action the driver has started. The hydro-mechanical unit contains a [[servo]]motor coupled to a gear arrangement for a linear [ The power of the system lies in the fact that electronic equipment can react much fas
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• Continuously variable transmission
  ...rks and will reject a perfectly smooth transmission as lacking in apparent power. ...r CVT transfers torque to the transmission output. The gear set acts as a mechanical adding machine to subtract one speed from the other, allowing the car to go
  12 KB (1,878 words) - 23:28, 3 July 2009
• Group N
  ...e of [[Engine Control Unit|ECU]] is free, and this can liberate some extra power itself, and most of the modifications allowed are to promote longevity rath
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• Desmodromic valve
  ...ones) that allow exhaust gases out. This refers, for example, to the valve control system used in [[Ducati]] engines: both valve movements (opening and closin ...tuation has been applied to all but a few Ducati motorcycles. Two primary mechanical methods have been used to transfer timing information, from the [[crankshaf
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• Electric car
  ..., by [[linear motor]]s. The [[Electricity|electrical]] [[energy]] used to power the motors may be obtained from a direct connection to land-based generatio ...ng, unlike [[internal combustion engine]]s, and do not need gears to match power curves. This removes the need for [[Transmission (mechanics)|gearbox]]es,
  9 KB (1,323 words) - 08:15, 8 October 2009
• Transmission
  ...me of the simplest gearboxes merely change the physical direction in which power is transmitted. In daily life, individuals most often encounter the transm ...useable lower speed with higher torque, or do the opposite and provide a [[mechanical advantage]] (i.e increase in torque) to allow higher forces to be generated
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