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1037Index
vehicle force balance, 349, 350, 365,
396, 405
vehicle front-end, 839, 845
vehicle instability, 403–4
vehicle integration, 84, 87, 466
vehicle launch, 355, 364, 910
vehicle performance, 89, 91, 104,
348–54, 355, 358, 383, 422
vehicle power balance, 352–3
vehicle power requirements, 354, 356,
363
vehicle resistance power, 355, 359
vehicle speed, 100, 121, 265, 350, 352,
355, 357, 358, 359, 360, 362,
364, 365, 368, 371, 372, 378,
397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402,
403, 404, 405, 406, 411, 423,
458, 767
vehicle tractive force, 351, 352, 363,
733
vehicle tractive power, 354, 358
vehicle weight, 5, 14, 64, 70, 95, 283,
355, 364, 365, 372, 397, 398,
399, 400, 403, 404, 418, 458
venturi, 868
VGT see variable geometry turbine
VGT vane, 114, 219, 224, 235, 250, 256,
261, 262, 426, 463, 475, 476,
480, 510
VGT vane opening, 40, 219, 224, 235,
250, 256, 261, 262, 444, 463,
475, 480, 510, 885
vibration, 9, 40, 80, 97, 123, 124, 153,
158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163,
384, 429, 467, 482
vibration control, 639, 795
active vibration control, 639
passive vibration control, 639
vibration displacement level, 763
vibration velocity level, 763
vibro-acoustic, 776
virtual actuator, 923
virtual calibration, 95, 480, 481, 978
virtual combustion noise meter, 807,
809
virtual sensors, 105
dynamic transient virtual sensor, 923
steady-state virtual sensor, 923, 924
viscoelastic effect, 671
viscosity, 161, 170, 465
dynamic viscosity, 656
viscosity index, 670, 678
viscosity index improver, 670
viscous damper, 789
viscous friction, 656
viscous heating, 701, 709
viscous shear, 688
Vogel’s equation, 671
volume, 8, 63, 64, 66, 70, 88, 96, 100,
146, 164, 165, 171, 307, 310,
311, 317, 318, 319, 322, 342,
413, 449, 470, 471, 485, 504,
505, 506, 513, 529, 533, 652,
701, 710, 764, 860, 910, 943,
950
volume–to–surface ratio, 839
volumetric efciency, 10, 25, 94, 100,
152, 300, 305, 341, 342, 418,
426, 434, 439, 440, 652, 716,
881, 884
volute cross-sectional area, 880
VVA
intake VVA, 426, 588, 592–3, 598,
607
IVC-VVA, 607–9
see also variable valve actuation
VVT see variable valve timing
W-shape design process, 24
Wahl correction factor, 578
wall impingement, 163, 471, 487, 864
wall temperature, 282, 673, 675, 676,
701, 773, 780
warm-up, 104, 425, 512, 680, 910, 922
warranty, 48, 50, 52, 62, 63, 177, 180,
879
waste heat recovery, 10, 61, 65, 209,
414, 462
wastegate, 43, 158, 209, 224, 262,
284, 288, 300, 325, 333, 337,
339–42, 440, 475–7, 652, 862,
864–5, 873–4, 912, 919, 943,
948, 968
wastegate opening, 209, 224, 262, 284,
288, 330, 337, 339–42, 432,
475–6, 862, 875, 889, 919,
943, 960–1, 967
wastegating, 330, 333, 601–5, 606–9,
865, 868, 880, 891, 959
wastegating reduction, 593, 601–9
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