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  2. Car hydraulics - Wikipedia

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    With these modifications, the body of the car can be raised by remote control. The amount and kind of hydraulic pumps [1] being used and the different specifications of the subject vehicle will affect the impact of such systems on the height and orientation of the vehicle. With sufficient pumps, an automobile can jump and hop upwards of six ...

  3. Rinspeed sQuba - Wikipedia

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    Upon entering water, it floats on the surface until the operator floods the interior to submerge it. It can be submerged to a depth of 10 metres (33 ft), powered by twin electric-powered propellers supplemented by two Seabob water jets. [5] It travels through the water like a submarine, rather than driving along the river- or sea-bed. The car's ...

  4. Shock absorber - Wikipedia

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    Shock absorbers are an important part of car suspension designed to increase comfort, stability and overall safety. The shock absorber, produced with precision and engineering skills, has many important features. The most common type is a hydraulic shock absorber, which usually includes a piston, a cylinder, and an oil-filled chamber.

  5. Hydraulic engineering - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic Flood Retention Basin (HFRB) View from Church Span Bridge, Bern, Switzerland Riprap lining a lake shore. Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to ...

  6. Hydropneumatic device - Wikipedia

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    Hydropneumatic refers to the pneumatic (gas) and hydraulic (water) components needed for operation of the devices. Hydropneumatic accumulators or pulsation dampeners are devices which prevent, but do not absorb, alleviate, arrest, attenuate, or suppress a shock that already exists, meaning that these devices prevent the creation of a shock wave ...

  7. Hydraulics - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Greece, the Greeks constructed sophisticated water and hydraulic power systems. An example is a construction by Eupalinos, under a public contract, of a watering channel for Samos, the Tunnel of Eupalinos. An early example of the usage of hydraulic wheel, probably the earliest in Europe, is the Perachora wheel (3rd century BC). [19]

  8. Do electric vehicles fare better than gas guzzlers when the ...

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    After a video of a Tesla plowing through a flooded street in San Diego went viral last year, Brent Gruber at JD Power, a data analytics company, has tried to correct the notion you can drive an ...

  9. Aquaplaning - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of an aquaplaning tire Two vehicles aquaplaning through large puddles on the road's surface. Aquaplaning or hydroplaning by the tires of a road vehicle, aircraft or other wheeled vehicle occurs when a layer of water builds between the wheels of the vehicle and the road surface, leading to a loss of traction that prevents the vehicle from responding to control inputs.