Piston effect refers to the forced-air flow inside a tunnel or shaft caused by moving vehicles. It is one of numerous phenomena that engineers and designers...
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A piston ring is a metallic split ring that is attached to the outer diameter of a piston in an internal combustion engine or steam engine. The main functions...
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A fire piston, sometimes called a fire syringe or a slam rod fire starter, is a device of ancient Southeast Asian origin which is used to kindle fire....
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A piston pump is a type of positive displacement pump where the high-pressure seal reciprocates with the piston. Piston pumps can be used to move liquids...
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Squish is an effect in internal combustion engines which creates sudden turbulence of the air-fuel mixture as the piston approaches top dead centre (TDC)...
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With no services running into the adjoining platform to produce the piston effect pushing air into the station, ventilation was poor and temperatures...
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Channel Tunnel (section Regional effect)
cross- passages into the running tunnels, where it is dispersed by the piston effect of the train and shuttle movements. Only one fan on each side is ever...
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tunnels using ventilation shafts, with air forced out of the vents by the piston effect (trains pushing air forwards as they pass through the tunnels) or fans...
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A Hall effect sensor (also known as a Hall sensor or Hall probe) is any sensor incorporating one or more Hall elements, each of which produces a voltage...
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Gardens at Temple Square (section Piston effect)
frequently arranged by a technique called the "piston effect." Named after the action of the pistons in a car that alternate up and down, the flowers...
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Silencer (firearms) (section Captive-piston silencer)
suppressors could still be fitted to a standard firearm. Title II weapons Piston effect § Tunnel boom, for a similar device but far bigger, on ends of railway...
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trains used ceiling fans and openable windows to provide fresh air and piston-effect wind cooling to riders. From the 1950s to the 1990s (and in most of...
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Four-stroke engine (category Internal combustion piston engines)
engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder...
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DNV-RP-H103 (Det Norske Veritas recommended practices) for a mention of the piston effect created in the splash zone between two walls. Special made Access Tools...
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Stirling engine (redirect from Free piston Stirling engine)
space (cylinder). As the fluid expands, mechanical work is extracted by a piston, which is coupled to a displacer. The displacer moves the working fluid...
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French press (redirect from Cafetière à piston)
A French press, also known as a cafetière, cafetière à piston, caffettiera a stantuffo, press pot, coffee press, or coffee plunger, is a coffee brewing...
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An axial piston pump is a positive displacement pump that has a number of pistons in a circular array within a cylinder block. It can be used as a stand-alone...
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straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft...
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Internal combustion engine (redirect from Internal combustion piston engine)
more familiar two-stroke and four-stroke piston engines, along with variants, such as the six-stroke piston engine and the Wankel rotary engine. A second...
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Two-stroke engine (redirect from Piston-controlled inlet port)
strokes of the piston (one up and one down movement) in one revolution of the crankshaft. (A four-stroke engine requires four strokes of the piston to complete...
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is characterized by its flat 'duck-bill' nose designed to reduce the piston effect as the trains enter tunnels. 16-car units are painted white with blue...
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Camshaft (section Piston engines)
convert rotational motion to reciprocating motion. Camshafts are used in piston engines (to operate the intake and exhaust valves), mechanically controlled...
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Radial engine (redirect from Radial piston)
been successful. Instead, the pistons are connected to the crankshaft with a master-and-articulating-rod assembly. One piston, the uppermost one in the animation...
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or airbrush) Carburetors use the effect to suck gasoline into an engine's intake air stream Cylinder heads in piston engines have multiple Venturi areas...
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the sewers above. Ventilation was natural, relying primarily on the piston effect of trains pushing through the tunnels to circulate the air. While buildings...
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Air gun (redirect from Npss nitro piston air rifle)
recoil is in effect while the pellet is still within the barrel. Spring gun recoil also has a sharp forward component, caused by the piston hitting the...
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the bolt carrier is fitted with piston rings to contain the gas. In effect, the bolt and carrier act as a gas piston and cylinder. The subtleties involved...
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from the sun. The fare-paid area features a Gateway Newstands kiosk. "Piston Effect" consists of a series of glass panels on the west walls at concourse...
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scotch yoke is discussed on page 2 of the text. "Science Links Japan | Effect of Piston Speed around Top Dead Centre on Thermal Efficiency". Sciencelinks.jp...
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the upward-traveling piston compresses air in the cylinder; the compressed air then acts as a compressed spring and pushes the piston back down. However...
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