flywheel brake
1Flywheel energy storage — NASA G2 flywheel Flywheel energy storage (FES) works by accelerating a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. When energy is extracted from the system, the flywheel s rotational speed… …
2Brake — A brake is a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine or vehicle, or alternatively a device to restrain it from starting to move again. The kinetic energy lost by the moving part is usually translated to heat by friction.… …
3brake horsepower — noun : the power of an engine or other motor as calculated from the force exerted on a friction brake or absorption dynamometer applied to the flywheel or the shaft …
4Regenerative brake — A regenerative brake is a mechanism that reduces vehicle speed by converting some of its kinetic energy into another useful form of energy. This captured energy is then stored for future use or fed back into a power system for use by other… …
5Exhaust brake — Since diesel engines lack a throttle valve on the intake manifold, there is no intake vacuum when the engine is not fueling. The intake vacuum creates the slowing effect felt in gasoline engines when they are going down a hill with the foot off… …
6prony brake — ˈprōnē noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after G. C. F. M. Riche, Baron de Prony died 1839 French engineer : a friction brake or absorption dynamometer in which the pull on the flywheel friction blocks is measured by a spring balance… …
7Indoor cycling — is a form of high intensity exercise that involves using a stationary exercise bicycle in a classroom setting. Ultra endurance athlete Jonathan Goldbergfact|date=September 2008 created the concept of Indoor Cycling in the 1980s. It was later… …
8List of inventors — This is a list of inventors. See also: List of scientists, Timeline of invention, List of inventions named after people, List of inventors killed by their own inventions, and . Alphabetical list compactTOC NOTOC A * Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov,… …
9List of Russian people — The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history …
10History of the automobile — Vehicles that can be considered automobiles were demonstrated as early as 1769; although that date is disputed, 1806 marked the introduction of fuel gas powered internal combustion engines and 1885 marked the introduction of gasoline powered… …
