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Automotive aerodynamics
Automotive aerodynamics is the study of the aerodynamics of road vehicles. The main concerns of automotive aerodynamics are reducing drag, reducing wind noise, and preventing undesired lift forces at ... > more -
Xanadu House
The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes, built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United ... > more -
Breaking wave
In physics, a breaking wave is a wave whose amplitude reaches a critical level at which some process can suddenly start to occur that causes large amounts of wave energy to be dissipated. At this ... > more -
Superheating
In physics, superheating (sometimes referred to as boiling retardation, boiling delay, or defervescence) is the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its standard ... > more -
Battery electric vehicle
A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is an electric vehicle that utilises chemical energy that is stored in rechargeable battery packs. Electric vehicles use electric motors instead of, or in addition ... > more -
Multistage rocket
A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. What characterizes it as "multi-stage" is that it ... > more -
Architecture
Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town ... > more
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