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base pressure

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Pressure exerted on the base, or extreme rear portion, of a body in a fluid flow.

battery

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Batteries are the principal energy storage devices for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Desirable attributes of high-power batteries for HEV applications are high-peak and pulse-specific power, high ...

bench-scale testing

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Testing at conditions and in quantities encountered in a laboratory, rather than under real-world conditions.

biaxial

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Structures that are normally loaded (or stressed) in more than one direction at once are said to be biaxially loaded. Due to the uncertainty and limitations in understanding how these materials, ...

biodiesel

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Biodiesel is a renewable diesel fuel substitute that can be made by chemically combining a natural oil or fat with an alcohol. Many vegetable oils, animal fats, and recycled cooking greases can be ...

bluff body

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Nonstreamlined shape, especially one with a blunt tail that generates a recirculation zone at the rear.

boattail

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Transition section at the tail of a vehicle that narrows the body diameter, used to reduce base drag by directing air into the low-pressure zone.

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