Sentences with phrase «in frictional»

SecularAnimist (# 376) «An increase in friction caused by the presence of the turbines is likely to be compensated by a decrease in frictional dissipation elsewhere.

Voice acting was especially impressive to me because of the lack of it in Frictional's previous games.

Any differences in the frictional coefficient between the wheels on the left and right (modal split) are offset by Dynamic Performance Control specifically sharing out drive forces on the rear axle.

It also gets a new Honeywell variable geometry turbocharger that suffers nearly 50 per cent less in frictional losses thanks to new bearings.

What efficiency you gain in being able to pick any engine speed, you lose in frictional / parasitic losses.

Active Steering can also work with Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) to help keep the car stable and under control when applying the brakes on surfaces varying in their frictional coefficient.

Gregory explains that peristaltic motion has previously been used by the team as a mechanism for movement for gels in frictional environments such as on solid ground or inside a tube.

Eventually, though, the orbit of V Hydrae's companion will continue to decay because it is losing energy in this frictional interaction.

Not exact matches

Part of this underperformance was due to selling during crashes and buying during booms, part of it had to do with frictional expenses such as brokerage commissions, capital gains taxes, and spreads, and part of it was the result of taking on too much risk by investing in assets that weren't understood.

Lesser - known frictional costs occur when you buy U.S. - dollar - denominated investments in your registered accounts.

Frictional Forces act in the opposite direction to the object trying to move and must be overcome for movement to start.

Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the economy or the labour market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm work and construction.

Bubbles head up in the center where frictional drag from the glass is less and down on the outside as the top gets crowded.

The most plausible option... is the dark matter in at least one of the galaxies is feeling a frictional force from the dark matter in the cluster.»

«We've been hamstrung without in situ measurements of frictional stress, and we now have that from the temperature data,» she said.

Between measuring frictional properties of potential fabrics in NASA wind tunnels and modeling the fluid dynamics of jiggling flesh, the manufacturers have definitely created some hydrodynamic suits.

In the end, the pattern of electrovibration that felt to users most like the picture matched the frictional forces to the slope of the bump: the steeper the curve, the more voltage required to increase the friction.

Kiyoshi Mabuchi and his colleagues at Kitasato University in Tokyo noted, however, that the simple question of the frictional coefficient of banana skin has not been answered to date (doi.org/vn6).

A «strong» fault has the frictional strength equivalent to an artificial fault cut in a rock sample in the laboratory.

Its central black hole is as massive as 16 million suns, and the region of space surrounding it shines with the strength of 1 trillion suns — energy derived, in part, from intense frictional heating within the disk of gas being sucked into the maw.

For example, when a normal tire travels over water at a high speed, pressure builds until a film forms to lubricate the interface; this is called hydroplaning, and results in a complete loss of frictional control.

There are all kinds of theories — floor mats that ride up to depress the accelerator pedals, frictional wear in the brake mechanism, defective electronic controls, electromagnetic interference.

But in your rock situation on the ice because of what you just explained about the thin film up front, you have the opposite frictional situation.

In a world where horror games have degenerated into second - rate, third - person shooters, Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games) is completely terrifying.

That in turn makes the egg slip more, jacking up the frictional push.

Volcanologists at the University have discovered that a process called frictional melting plays a role in determining how a volcano will erupt, by dictating how fast magma can ascend to the surface, and how much resistance it faces en - route.

The main reason for this is that frictional forces slow down the motion of surfaces in contact: think of the moving parts in a car engine.

Using friction experiments University of Liverpool scientists have shown that frictional melting plays a role in determining how a volcano will erupt.

Analysis of lava collected from Mount St. Helens, USA and the Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat by volcanology researchers from the University's School of Environmental Sciences revealed remnants of pseudotachylyte, a cooled frictional melt.

The impact also results in an extreme frictional force that could potentially break the projectile into pieces.

Molecular probes reveal deviations from Amontons» law in multi-asperity frictional contacts, B. Weber, T. Suhina, T. Junge, L. Pastewka, A. M. Brouwer and D. Bonn, Nature Communications volume 9, Article number: 888 (2018)

Following a frictional failure in the labquake, the shearing block moves or displaces, while the gouge material simultaneously dilates and strengthens, as shown by measurably increasing shear stress and friction.

When the tip of the microscope oscillates over certain surfaces, in this case over NbSe2 (niobium selenide), peaks of «dissipation» (i.e., loss of energy) can be seen when the tip is at specific distances from the surface, as if it were held back, at certain locations, by some frictional force.

Winton, M., R. Hallberg, and A. Gnanadesikan, 1998: Simulation of density - driven frictional downslope flow in z - coordinate ocean models.

«The daily variations in the tidal stresses from Saturn due to that eccentricity distort Enceladus and dump gigawatts of frictional heat into its interior,» Spencer wrote.

Triboelectric, or frictional, charging is a ubiquitous yet poorly understood phenomenon in granular flows.

The guys at Frictional Games tried something really hard, in telling a story that reflects good old science fiction.

The follow - up, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, released in 2013 bringing a horror experience you would expect from its developer, Frictional Games.

The above quote means that your goal as the driver is to attempt to ensure that the clutch is spending more time in a static friction mode (i.e., where the frictional surfaces of the clutch are turning at the same speed, pressed tightly together) rather than a kinetic friction mode (i.e., where the frictional surfaces are turning at different speeds and are slipping past each other).

If F were a pure kinetic or static frictional force, we would expect it to increase linearly with m, resulting in nearly identical stopping distances.

A better sealing piston will keep more power in the cylinder, but you'll see additional frictional losses.

The 4.7 - litre V8 engine is fundamentally the same as in the regular GranCabrio but internal tweaks including a new coating for the crank and valve gear, have reduced frictional losses.

Four - wheel - drive systems tend to be quite heavy and some of the engine's power can be lost through the various differentials in the car, in addition to the frictional losses of the powertrain.

On the flip side however 3 of the 6 shift elements are disengaged / open for any given gear, as compared to 2 for the Ford 10R design thereby giving Ford the slight edge in parasitic frictional losses.

Several innovations by Maruti and Suzuki engineers to improve fuel efficiency include changes in engine hardware leading to improved thermal efficiency, reduced frictional losses and changes in engine calibration.

While the compact combustion chamber and higher compression ratio on gasoline engine helps to improve engine efficiency, the advanced thermal management system in diesel engine along with low friction engine oil and modified fuel injection system help diesel engine in faster warm up and lower frictional losses.

The latter offer performance and efficiency benefits beyond their simple reduced mass — reduced frictional and rotational losses contribute up to 0.4 L / 100 km of the 3.2 L / 100 km fuel economy advantage Porsche claims the Panamera delivers in comparison to comparable «large luxury four - doors in the 400 and 500hp class».

The electronics reduce the engine speed to idle level, and the driving resistance is reduced by the compression and frictional forces of the engine in overrun mode.

«Our technical partners are also looking at ways to put Corvette Racing in front in the Green Challenge, whether it's Michelin tires with reduced rolling resistance or Mobil 1 lubricants that minimize frictional losses and improve fuel economy.

The increase in power and efficiency over the former model ensured in this way results from consistent optimization of the combustion chambers, the charge system and the cylinder head, as well as the new arrangement of the ancillary units helping to reduce frictional losses to an even lower level than before.