THE problems which arise in connexion with maintaining the voltage of supply constant in electrical distributing systems have been closely studied by electrical engineers during recent years. The ...

Assistant Professor Xudong Chen has been recognized with the Donald P. Eckman Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the engineering discipline-spanning field of automatic control. Chen earned ...

The functions, design and mode of operation of a new electronic control system for automatic transmissions for city buses are described. Apart from the dual-channel computer structure for safety ...

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This article originally appeared in Access Control Trends & Technology 2023, a special bonus publication to Security Business magazine, Security Technology Executive, and Locksmith Ledger magazine.

THE basic idea of accomplishing both a power limitation and a control of the mixture with one unit was evolved by the late Thorp Hiscock. He proposed, by throttling the air entering the carburetor, to ...