Jamestown, NY-based Valeo, a supplier of components, systems, and modules for cars and trucks, has upgraded its climatic vehicle wind tunnel to support the testing of heavy trucks. The wind tunnel now ...

One of the keys to any engine development program, from Winston Cup to the Saturday- night racer, is the ability to effectively evaluate changes to the engine. The goal of any engine development ...

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To expand its testing capabilities, friction material manufacturer Fras-le North America Inc. has purchased a new brake NVH dynamometer from Link Engineering Company for $1.5 million. Fras-le says it ...

This paper presents the experimental results of measurement of the nonuniformity in diesel engine torque. Measurements were made for an engine driving a water brake dynamometer as well as for a diesel ...

In order to assess the amount of airborne particulate matter (PM) attributable to vehicle disk brakes, a system was devised for collecting brake wear debris on a laboratory brake dynamometer. The ...