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Diagram showing construction of the DOT 117 tank car. The DOT-117 (TC-117 in Canada) is a type of unpressurized tank car in use on North American railroads. The DOT-117 design was developed in the aftermath of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013 in an effort to upgrade the specifications of the then-common DOT-111 and CPC-1232 designs. [1]
SAE International is a global professional association and standards organization based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, United States.Formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers, the organization adopted its current name in 2006 to reflect both its international membership and the increased scope of its activities beyond automotive engineering and the automotive industry to include aerospace and ...
If the tire diameter is not given, section widths ending in zero (e.g., 7.00 or 10.50) indicate the aspect ratio of 92%, while section widths not ending in zero (e.g., 7.05 or 10.55) indicate the aspect ratio of 82%. These aspect ratios often vary from today's tire manufacturer specification. Construction of the fabric of the tire: B: bias belt
Green Dot Bank, the tiny state-charted Utah bank behind financial products at some of America’s largest companies—including Apple and Walmart—today agreed to pay a $44 million fine ...
Design of the ZIL-117 began in 1968, with the first prototype running in 1969. [3] The ZIL-117 shares the 6,959 cc (424.7 cu in) [4] V8 engine also fitted to the ZIL-114. [1] Maximum power output of 300 hp SAE Gross at 4,400 rpm [5] was claimed, using a relatively high 9.0:1 compression ratio, fuel feed being via a single four-choke carburettor ...
A PRC-117 radio and SATCOM antenna. The AN/PRC-117F/G radio is currently in use with the United States Navy Seabee and EOD teams in their MRAP and JERRV vehicles. [2] The radio is also in use by the United States Marine Corps, [6] United States Army, [7] USSOCOM, [8] United States Coast Guard, United States Air Force, [9] Royal Air Force, [10] Dutch Army, Spanish Air Force, British Army ...
U.S. Army National Guard M1117 armored security vehicles at Fort Stewart, Georgia in June 2010.. The vehicle (originally the ASV-150) is a purpose-built 21st-century version of Cadillac Gage's V-100 Commando family of Armored fighting vehicles which was used by the U.S. Army Military Police during the Vietnam War; [4] whose duties often consisted of providing armed escort for wheeled convoys.
Pyotr (Petr) Yakovlevich Ufimtsev (Russian: Пётр Я́ковлевич Уфи́мцев; born 8 July 1931) is a Soviet and Russian electrical engineer and mathematical physicist, best known for his pioneering work on the physical theory of diffraction (PTD), which laid the groundwork for modern stealth aircraft technology.