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Record 1 2017-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

The pitman arm connects the [steering] linkage to the steering column through a steering gear located at the base of the column. It transmits the motion it receives from the gear to the linkage, causing the linkage to move left or right to turn the wheels in the appropriate direction.

OBS

steering arm; steering lever: these terms are also used as synonyms for the term "steering knuckle arm".

OBS

pitman arm: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

levier de direction : ce terme est aussi employé comme synonyme de «bras de commande de fusée».

OBS

bielle pendante; levier de commande de direction : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de dirección (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
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Record 2 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

A potential future Mars sample caching mission would acquire surface core samples with a rover and then store the samples in a canister that could be returned to Earth. The samples would likely be stored in individual sample tubes which are sealed. Significant care would be required to minimize contamination of the samples by Earth-source contaminants or by cross-contamination with material from other Mars sampling locations. Additionally, the system of sampling tool, sampling tool deployment device, and sample handling and encapsulation system would need to have minimal mass in order to fit on a small caching rover such as a MER-class rover. Past solutions have been problematic for various reasons including total system mass, sample contamination, or robustness. This problem applies to various potential future Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission architectures for returning samples from Mars to Earth including 1) a sample caching mission followed by a sample return mission where the caching mission rover would acquire and cache samples and a later sample return mission would have a fetch rover that retrieves the sample cache and return it to the landers Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) for return to Earth, 2) an Astrobiology Field Laboratory mission with caching which would provide the caching mission function while also including in-situ sample analysis, and 3) a combined sampling and return mission which would combine the sample caching and return to Earth functions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Deux rescapés sur Mars. Les deux rovers existaient depuis longtemps dans les cartons de la NASA et leur histoire est déjà quelque peu mouvementée. Un exemplaire très similaire aux rovers actuels devait initialement partir vers la planète rouge en 2001 pour arpenter sa surface et commencer une collecte d’échantillons de roches et de sols. Un autre robot du même gabarit aurait du venir le rejoindre en 2003 pour continuer le travail. La précieuse récolte aurait ensuite été mise à l'abri en attendant qu'un troisième robot vienne la récupérer en 2005 pour la placer dans une fusée qui aurait finalement pris la direction de la Terre.

Key term(s)
  • rover collecteur stockeur d’échantillons
  • rover cueilleur stockeur d’échantillons

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

A potential future Mars sample caching mission would acquire surface core samples with a rover and then store the samples in a canister that could be returned to Earth. The samples would likely be stored in individual sample tubes which are sealed. Significant care would be required to minimize contamination of the samples by Earth-source contaminants or by cross-contamination with material from other Mars sampling locations. Additionally, the system of sampling tool, sampling tool deployment device, and sample handling and encapsulation system would need to have minimal mass in order to fit on a small caching rover such as a MER-class rover. Past solutions have been problematic for various reasons including total system mass, sample contamination, or robustness. This problem applies to various potential future Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission architectures for returning samples from Mars to Earth including 1) a sample caching missionfollowed by a sample return mission where the caching mission rover would acquire and cache samples and a later sample return mission would have a fetch rover that retrieves the sample cache and return it to the landers Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) for return to Earth, 2) an Astrobiology Field Laboratory mission with caching which would provide the caching mission function while also including in-situ sample analysis, and 3) a combined sampling and return mission which would combine the sample caching and return to Earth functions.

CONT

After its initial construction, Rocky 7 was used for desert field tests in 1996 and 1997. Following that, it was used for several years of algorithm development and testing, including autonomous rock grasping, and wheel-terrain contact estimation techniques. From 2001 onward, it has been a test bed for CLARAty software development. More recently it has been considered a likely candidate for "fetch" rover studies for Mars Sample Return technology development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Deux rescapés sur Mars. Les deux rovers existaient depuis longtemps dans les cartons de la NASA et leur histoire est déjà quelque peu mouvementée. Un exemplaire très similaire aux rovers actuels devait initialement partir vers la planète rouge en 2001 pour arpenter sa surface et commencer une collecte d’échantillons de roches et de sols. Un autre robot du même gabarit aurait du venir le rejoindre en 2003 pour continuer le travail. La précieuse récolte aurait ensuite été mise à l'abri en attendant qu'un troisième robot vienne la récupérer en 2005 pour la placer dans une fusée qui aurait finalement pris la direction de la Terre.

OBS

Le rover de récupération recueille les échantillons amassés par le rover de collecte et de stockage (cache rover).

Key term(s)
  • rover récupérateur

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

A special kind of gyroscope that measures rotation rate around a fixed axis.

DEF

A gyroscope that is suspended in just one gimbal whose bearings form its output axis and which is restrained by a spring; rotation of the gyroscope frame about an axis perpendicular to both spin and output axes produces precession of the gimbal within the bearings proportional to the rate of rotation.

CONT

Gyrometers and gyroscopes. Gyrometers measure the angular velocity. Such measurement is based on the measure of Coriolis forces for a mobile in linear motion, when an additional rotation occurs... Gyroscopes are made of a solid body with high angular velocity around an axis of symmetry ... which induces a high angular stability in presence of perturbations. Such a device is used to preserve a fixed inertial orientation, while the rest of the system in motion. It must be noted that both devices provide an information about angular velocity. The first device output is the instantaneous angular velocity, while the second device output is the integration of the angular velocity during a period of time. Angular position information can be computed from gyrometers output by integration, while angular velocity information can be computed from gyroscopes output by derivation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Capteur gyroscopique à un ou plusieurs degrés de liberté, utilisé pour la mesure des vitesses angulaires.

CONT

Le gyroscope est un appareil capable de fournir une direction physique de référence et, corrélativement, une information de rotation angulaire, sous forme d’un écart angulaire, ou d’un angle total [...] compris entre 0 et 360 [degrés], vis-à-vis d’un référentiel absolu ou «inertiel». Le gyromètre est un appareil capable de fournir une information de vitesse angulaire, vis-à-vis d’un référentiel absolu (c’est-à-dire par rapport aux étoiles).

CONT

Tel qu’il vient d’être décrit, c’est-à-dire avec rappel élastique et amortissement visqueux [...] [le gyroscope à 1 axe] se comporte comme un gyromètre (rate gyro), c’est-à-dire un capteur de rotation instantanée absolue.

OBS

Dans un certain nombre de cas, un même appareil peut être capable de fonctionner en gyroscope ou en gyromètre. [...] Les gyroscopes et les gyromètres sont utilisés : pour la stabilisation d’une direction ou d’un référentiel mécanique, par exemple pour la stabilisation d’une caméra, d’une antenne ou d’un viseur infrarouge d’un autodirecteur de missile; pour piloter un missile ou une fusée sur sa trajectoire; en association avec des «accéléromètres», pour déterminer la position, la vitesse et l'attitude d’un véhicule(avion, char, bateau, sous-marin, etc.). Dans ce cas, il s’agit d’un équipement appelé centrale inertielle.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

... remove the tie-rod ends from the steering knuckles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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Record 6 1984-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Technical fire control is the computation of the actual gun firing data. It takes account of shell/fuze characteristics, met(eorological) readings, etc., and includes a simulated trajectory which is automatically corrected onto the target within the computer.

OBS

This control is in the TACFIRE (Tactical Fire direction) system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

Le programme de direction technique du tir permet de traiter les éléments d’exécution du tir. Le processus d’élaboration tient compte des caractéristiques de l'obus et de la fusée, des éléments aérologiques, etc. Le calculateur établit une trajectoire fictive qu'il corrige automatiquement pour obtenir une intersection avec l'objectif.

OBS

Cette direction fait partie du système TACFIRE (TACtical FIRE direction system).

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
OBS

The distance between two points p and q: this distance is the projection onto a plane parallel to the longitudinal median plane (of the vehicle) of the acute angle formed by the vertical and the real or imaginary swivelling axis of the stub axle. It is positive when q is ahead of p in the direction of normal travel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
OBS

Distance entre les points p et q : projection sur un plan parallèle au plan longitudinal médian(du véhicule) de l'angle aigu que fait avec la verticale l'axe de pivotement réel ou fictif, de la fusée. Positif si q est situé en avant du point p vu en direction normale de course.

Spanish

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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
OBS

Fig.4-18. Valve assembly: exhaust (or intake) valve, oil seal, spring, retainer, locks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

Fig. 88. Pièces de direction : essieu rigide, table de ressort, butée de braquage, axe de pivot, axe de fusée, bras de commande [...] barre de direction, barre d’accouplement, levier d’accouplement.

Spanish

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