Race Car Aerodynamics Gregor Seljak April 8‚ 2008 1 Introduction First racing cars were primarily designed to achieve high top speeds and the main goal was to minimize the air drag. But at high speeds‚ cars developed lift forces‚ which affected their stability. In order to improve their stability and handling‚ engineers mounted inverted wings profiles1 generating negative lift. First such cars were Opel’s rocket powered RAK1 and RAK2 in 1928. However‚ in Formula‚ wings were not used
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iii | Contents OGC’s foreword viii Access Management 68 Operational activities of processes covered in other lifecycle phases 72 Common Service Operation activities 79 Monitoring and control 82 5.2 IT Operations 92 vii Chief Architect’s foreword 58 5.1 vi Problem Management 4.5 v List of tables 4.4 4.6 List of figures 5 Preface ix Acknowledgements x 5.3 Mainframe Management 95 1 Introduction
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Porsche had always been one of the most successful and influential brands in the world. The Carrera 911 is the dream car of many ambitious men. Before Cayenne launch‚ there is only one lower price Porsche Boxster had been added as a new product line to the brand in 1996 . Throughout the years‚ Porsche had successfully built up a strong high-end sports car identity. The Cayenne news was shocking for consumers‚ as they could never imagine such a product. In this paper‚ I am going to identify problems
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Koenigsegg’s New Cam-Less Engine February 13‚ 2012 by Matt Jalopnik reports on an upcoming supercar from Swedish boutique automaker Koenigsegg that will feature a twin-turbo V8 engine whole valves are actuated without camshafts. Partnering with Swedish engineering firm Cargine‚ Koenigsegg plans to develop a valvetrain system whereby the valves are operated using pneumatic pressure alone. F1 car engines have used pneumatic valve springs since the Renault turbo engines of the mid-’80s‚ but always
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Stages in the Product Lifecycle There are four stages in the product life cycle: introduction‚ growth‚ maturity‚ and decline (Figure 1). Introduction The introduction stage of the product life cycle is where a new product is launched into a market. Often the product will have little or no competitors at this point. Nonetheless‚ sales may remain low because it takes time for the market to accept the new product. At this stage of the life cycle‚ the company usually loses money on the product. Growth
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Sacrifices in Love and War Casablanca is one of the best films produced by the World War II Hollywood propaganda machine. During this period of time‚ in 1943‚ the movie was among one of the one hundred war films that represents the Office of War Information’s early intentions of truthfully representing the war. The Motion Picture was filmed to educate the public about the issues surrounding the war as well as the causes of and reasons for the war. Casablanca is one of the greatest propaganda films
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accomplish this‚ it is imperative that all project managers understand why a standardize procurement process is an important part of the project management lifecycle and what negative impact would occur if we continue to do ‘business as usual’. Let’s start by taking a look at how procurement fits into the project management lifecycle. As one of many subsidiary plans of the Project Management Plan‚ the Procurement Management Plan is the organization of processes of all purchases and acquisitions
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improve and the costs are also reduced. Although the ITIL Service Desk main task may be answering/responding to calls it isn’t the only one – The Service Desk is the decider of which route it will continue through and it will control the entire lifecycle. 2. The areas in which professional institutions operate extend beyond simply representing their members. Discuss briefly two examples of this. Two examples of areas in which professional institutions operate extend beyond simply representing their
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Centre Number Surname Other Names Candidate Signature Candidate Number For Examiner’s Use Examiner’s Initials Question Mark General Certificate of Secondary Education June 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 Design and Technology: Graphic Products Unit 1 Written Paper Friday 10 June 2011 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm 45501 7 For this paper you must have: a black fine-line pen‚ a pencil‚ a ruler‚ an eraser‚ a pencil sharpener and coloured pencils. TOTAL Time allowed 2 hours Instructions Use black
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