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Vehicle equipment
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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.
