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  2. Friction modifier - Wikipedia

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    They are currently used in many engine oils and, more recently, in gear oils. [1] They reduce friction by forming two-dimensional molybdenum disulphide layers on rubbing surfaces. [4] Functionalized polymers, which can be tailored to adsorb specifically on polar surfaces, have been shown to markedly reduce friction and wear. [5]

  3. Exoskeletal engine - Wikipedia

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    The ESE design and the use of composite materials could also reduce the part count, reduce or eliminate cooling, and result in increased component life. [2] The use of ceramics would also be a beneficial feature for hypersonic propulsion systems, where high stagnation temperatures can exceed the limits of traditional turbomachinery materials.

  4. Overdrive (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    The power produced by an engine increases with the engine's RPM to a maximum, then falls away. The point of maximum power is somewhat lower than the absolute maximum engine speed to which it is limited, the "redline". A car's speed is limited by the power required to drive it against air resistance, which increases with speed.

  5. Compression ratio - Wikipedia

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    In piston engines, static compression ratio is determined using the cylinder volume when the piston is at the top and bottom of its travel. The compression ratio is the ratio between the maximum and minimum volume during the compression stage of the power cycle in a piston or Wankel engine.

  6. Balance shaft - Wikipedia

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    Balance shaft in Ford Taunus V4 engine.. Balance shafts are used in piston engines to reduce vibration by cancelling out unbalanced dynamic forces. The counter balance shafts have eccentric weights and rotate in opposite direction to each other, which generates a net vertical force.

  7. Engine configuration - Wikipedia

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    Similar to U engines, H engines consist of two separate flat engines joined by gears or chains. H engines have been produced with between 4 and 24 cylinders. An opposed-piston engine is similar to a flat engine in that pairs of pistons are co-axial but rather than sharing a crankshaft, instead share a single combustion chamber per pair of ...

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...

  9. Compressor map - Wikipedia

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    A link between a gas turbine compressor and its engine can be shown with lines of constant engine temperature ratio, ie the effect of fuelling/increased turbine temperature which raises the running line as the temperature ratio increases. One manifestation of different behaviour appears in the choke region on the right-hand side of a map.