car-retarder system
1Retarder (mechanical engineering) — A retarder is a device used to augment or replace some of the functions of primary friction based braking systems of (usually) heavy vehicles.Friction based braking systems are susceptible to fade when used extensively, and this can become… …
2Hybrid electric vehicle — The Toyota Prius is the world s top selling hybrid car, with cumulative global sales of 2.36 million units by August 2011.[1] A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle which combines a conventional internal …
3British Rail Class 175 — See also: Alstom Coradia British Rail Class 175 Coradia 175011 operating an Arriva Trains Wales service at Newport in 2009 …
4Peine de mort — Application de la peine de mort dans le monde      Abolie pour tous les crimes      Ab …
5Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …
6Railway air brake — Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E T Air Brake system on a locomotive …
7Turboglide — The Turboglide is a Chevrolet three speed automatic transmission that made its debut as an optional transmission on Chevrolet V8 passenger cars for 1957. It consisted of a concurrently geared (as opposed to sequentially) planetary gearbox with a… …
8List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks — The following is a list of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since it began the program in 1971. The designation is granted to existing artifacts or systems representing a… …
9New York Air Brake — NYAB redirects here. For other uses, see NYAB (disambiguation). New York Air Brake Type Privately Held Company Founded 1890 Headquarters Watertown, New York USA …
10Tension Transitoire de Retablissement — Tension transitoire de rétablissement Illustration d une TTR après coupure d un courant alternatif. La tension transitoire de rétablissement (TTR, ou TRV de l anglais Transient Recovery Voltage) est la tension électrique qui se rétablit aux… …
