enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Automotive design - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_design

    Automotive design is the process of developing the appearance (and to some extent the ergonomics) of motor vehicles, including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans . The functional design and development of a modern motor vehicle is typically done by a large team from many different disciplines also included within ...

  3. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_automotive_terms

    Also gas pedal. A throttle in the form of a foot-operated pedal, or sometimes a hand-operated lever or paddle, by which the flow of fuel to the engine (and thereby the engine speed) is controlled, with depression of the pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate. admission stroke See induction stroke. aftermarket air brake 1. A type of brake in which the force that actuates the brake mechanism is ...

  4. Automotive engineering - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_engineering

    The automotive engineering field is research intensive and involves direct application of mathematical models and formulas. The study of automotive engineering is to design, develop, fabricate, and test vehicles or vehicle components from the concept stage to production stage. Production, development, and manufacturing are the three major ...

  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

    The Turabay dynasty was a family of Bedouin emirs who governed the district of Lajjun in northern Palestine during Ottoman rule in the 16th–17th centuries. The family's forebears had served as chiefs of Jezreel Valley during Mamluk rule in the late 15th century. During the Ottoman conquest of the region in 1516–1517, the family aided ...

  6. American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of...

    The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators ( AAMVA) is a non-governmental, voluntary, tax-exempt, nonprofit educational association. AAMVA is a private corporation which strives to develop model programs in motor vehicle administration, police traffic services, and highway safety. The association serves as an information ...

  7. Glossary of automotive design - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_automotive_design

    Bodywork of a vehicle. Also the workshop at which automotive body work is built on a prototype or low volume production basis, typically with extensive handwork. Character line. A line creased into the side of a car to give it visual interest. (interchangeable with swage line) Sometimes implemented by a rubbing strip.

  8. Site plan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_plan

    A site plan or a plot plan is a type of drawing used by architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and engineers which shows existing and proposed conditions for a given area, typically a parcel of land which is to be modified. Sites plan typically show buildings, roads, sidewalks and paths/trails, parking, drainage facilities, sanitary ...

  9. Form and document creation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_and_Document_Creation

    Form and document creation. Form and Document Creation is one of the things that technical communicators do as part of creating deliverables for their companies or clients. Document design is: "the field of theory and practice aimed at creating comprehensible, persuasive and usable functional documents". [1]