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WHEEL TRAVEL [9 records]

Record 1 2008-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

The main component of a braking system consisting of the cylinder, piston and reservoir.

CONT

Some aircraft require wheel brake systems that operate with more fluid flow and higher fluid pressure than is within the capability of a simple master cylinder. In some types of aircraft, a compound master cylinder is used for this purpose. This type of master cylinder can deliver a large quantity of fluid at low pressure by means of relatively short pedal travel. It can also develop high operating pressure by means of moderate pedal pressure. This dual capability is achieved by means of two pistons : a large one for producing a large fluid flow with short travel; and a small one for developing high pressure from a lightly applied force.

OBS

The fluid is forced into the brake cylinder when braking is needed. Otherwise, it is stored when the brakes are not applied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
DEF

Élément principal d'un système de freinage comprenant le cylindre, le piston et le réservoir.

CONT

Lorsque le pilote freine, il déplace le piston du maître cylindre faisant alors augmenter la pression hydraulique dans le circuit.

OBS

maître-cylindre : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Suspension Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

The [Road Sensing Suspension] system... actually "reads the road, "using sensors and accelerometers that measure body motion and wheel position during suspension travel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
  • Suspension (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vehículos automotores y bicicletas
  • Suspensión (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Instrumento para medir la aceleración de los movimientos y estudiar sus consecuencias y efectos.

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Record 3 1996-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Bodywork and Framework (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

Upwardly arched section of a side rail, situated at the rear axle, which allows greater vertical wheel travel for a vehicle with a dropped chassis frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Carrosserie, caisse et châssis (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Partie cintrée d'un longeron incurvé vers le haut, située à l'emplacement de l'essieu arrière, et permettant un large débattement des roues sur un véhicule à cadre de châssis surbaissé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Carrocería y chasis (Vehículos automotores)
DEF

Parte curvada hacia arriba de un larguero, a la altura del eje trasero, que deja amplio espacio para las ruedas en un vehículo con bastidor rebajado.

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Record 4 1993-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Bodywork and Framework (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

The [Road Sensing Suspension] system... actually "reads the road, "using sensors and accelerometers that measure body motion and wheel position during suspension travel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
  • Carrosserie, caisse et châssis (Véhicules automobiles)

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • History of Technology
DEF

A Chinese carriage equipped with a direction-keeping device and dating back to 200-300 A.D., possibly earlier.

CONT

South Pointing Carriage is the earliest known example of a land vehicle navigation system.... historical research has only recently established that [it] had nothing to do with magnetism, [but] was based on the principle(now called "the differential odometer") that for a given change in vehicle heading, a vehicle's outer wheels travel a mathematically predictable distance farther than the inner wheels. When changing heading, a gear train driven by an... outer wheel automatically engaged and rotated a horizontal turntable to exactly offset the change in heading... a figure with an outstretched arm mounted on the turntable always pointed in the original direction....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Histoire des techniques

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydraulic Turbines
DEF

A type of undershot wheel which operates partly by impulse of water striking the vanes and partly by the weight of the water. The water passes through an orifice and strikes curved vanes, pushing them and rotating the wheel. The space in which the vanes travel is enclosed; the weight of water between two vanes further rotates the wheel from the point of entry to the bottom of the wheel, where the water is discharged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Turbines hydrauliques
DEF

Type de roue hydraulique dans laquelle l'eau est amenée environ à mi-hauteur. Elle est actionnée en partie par l'impulsion et en partie par le poids de l'eau descendant dans les augets.

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
OBS

The vertical displacement of a wheel in relation to the suspended part of the vehicle from the position corresponding to the maximum permissible load to the position from which any additional vertical travel is impossible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
OBS

Déplacement vertical d'une roue, par rapport à la partie suspendue du véhicule depuis la position correspondant à la charge maximale admissible jusqu'à la position à partir de laquelle tout déplacement supplémentaire vertical est impossible.

Spanish

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Record 8 1980-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Earthmoving
  • Construction Site Equipment
CONT

In Vee ditching, the fist step is to assure a true ditch line. Set the wheels just inside the survey stakes; place the blade at 45 degrees into the travel direction; sideshift it to set the toe of the blade along the wheel line; tilt the blade to allow the material to spill along the center line of the grader; make a first light cut.

Key term(s)
  • blade forward end

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de chantier
CONT

Au retour, [la niveleuse doit] reprendre le cordon laissé par la première passe et le refouler vers le talon de la lame. Le matériau transporté de la pointe vers le talon ne doit pas déborder de la pointe de la lame.

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Earthmoving
  • Construction Site Equipment
CONT

In vee ditching, the first step is to assure a true ditch line. Set the [grader] wheels just inside de survey stakes; place the blade at 45 ° into the travel direction; sideshift it to set the toe of the blade along the wheel line; tilt the blade to allow the material to spill along the center line of the grader(...)

Key term(s)
  • V-ditching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de chantier
CONT

Le creusement de fossés en V (...) s'exécute en plusieurs temps. Dans une première série de passes on procède à l'excavation, la lame déplacée latéralement à droite, mise à la pente de 2 1/2: 1 et à l'orientation d'environ 35 ° de manière que la pointe droite avant soit alignée avec le bord de la roue droite avant. La pointe de la lame ouvre aussi un sillon en V dans le matériau.

Spanish

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