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  • Thumbnail for Wheel
    as a ship's wheel, steering wheel, potter's wheel, and flywheel. Common examples can be found in transport applications. A wheel reduces friction by facilitating...
    47 KB (5,155 words) - 10:55, 9 November 2024
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    aluminium wheel took the place of magnesium as low cost, high-performance wheels for motorsports. Lighter wheels can improve handling by reducing unsprung...
    13 KB (1,649 words) - 08:44, 26 October 2024
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    The wheel size for a motor vehicle or similar wheel has a number of parameters. The millimetre is most commonly used to specify dimensions in modern production...
    17 KB (2,411 words) - 20:06, 13 August 2024
  • particularly important in slippery rail conditions. Sanding is one method of reducing wheel slip or slide. Locomotives and multiple units have sandboxes which can...
    10 KB (1,392 words) - 15:05, 13 September 2024
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    Penny-farthing (redirect from Hi wheel)
    as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high...
    35 KB (3,928 words) - 19:54, 7 November 2024
  • The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson as a co-author for the final three installments...
    105 KB (9,470 words) - 22:25, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout
    In automotive design, a front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, or FF layout, places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at...
    15 KB (2,020 words) - 14:20, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pedrail wheel
    on a wheel. As the wheel travels, pressure exerted by springs within it increases the number of feet in contact with the ground, thus reducing ground...
    6 KB (685 words) - 12:48, 7 October 2024
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    Hubcap (redirect from Wheel cover)
    automobile wheel that covers at minimum the central portion of the wheel, called the hub. An automobile hubcap is used to cover the wheel hub and the wheel fasteners...
    20 KB (2,362 words) - 14:27, 15 January 2024
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    Steering (redirect from All wheel steering)
    dolly. Rear wheel steering can also be used when the rear wheels may not follow the path taken by the front wheel tracks (e.g. to reduce soil compaction...
    45 KB (5,134 words) - 17:32, 11 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
    front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR), also called Systeme Panhard is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected...
    4 KB (380 words) - 10:54, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Four-wheel drive
    A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously...
    74 KB (9,317 words) - 17:54, 30 October 2024
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    hydraulics for braking, nose wheel steering and landing gear retraction), being fitted with Maxaret as standard. Maxaret, while reducing braking distances by...
    61 KB (7,471 words) - 07:31, 1 October 2024
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    Tractor (section Two-wheel)
    soft surface, the same mechanism can allow one wheel to slip, wasting its torque and further reducing traction. The differential lock overrides this,...
    84 KB (10,183 words) - 01:30, 19 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wheel of Fortune (American game show)
    Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show has aired continuously since January...
    107 KB (12,149 words) - 20:47, 31 October 2024
  • water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists...
    78 KB (9,478 words) - 18:54, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Train wheel
    A train wheel or rail wheel is a type of wheel specially designed for use on railway tracks. The wheel acts as a rolling component, typically press fitted...
    10 KB (1,064 words) - 01:50, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reaction wheel
    down. More fuel efficient methods for reaction wheel desaturation have been developed over time. By reducing the amount of fuel the spacecraft needs to be...
    17 KB (1,897 words) - 01:40, 24 October 2024
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    Roulette (redirect from Roulette wheel)
    Roulette (named after the French word meaning "little wheel") is a casino game which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi. In the game, a...
    48 KB (7,036 words) - 14:18, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Falkirk Wheel
    The Falkirk Wheel (Scottish Gaelic: Cuibhle na h-Eaglaise Brice) is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the...
    30 KB (3,349 words) - 16:29, 19 August 2024
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