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Mining
Of or pertaining to the process or business of extracting materials, such as ore or minerals, from the earth's crust.
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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 ...
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 ...
technology validation
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Confirming that technical targets for a given technology have been met.
technology-validation test-bed vehicle
Automotive; Vehicle equipment
Rolling platform with which integrated experimental components and subsystems can be operated on either a chassis dynamometer or test track. This tool can help validate whether ...
