| V |
Explanation |
Location/Reference/Context as appropriate |
| V2G |
Vehicle-to-Grid |
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| v/o |
volume percentage |
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| VA | Vanillin alcohol | |
| VABS |
Variational Asymptotic Beam Sectional Analysis |
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| VAc | Vinyl Acetate | |
| VACNT |
Vertically Aligned Carbon NanoTubes |
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| VADPI |
Vacuum Assisted Differential Pressure Infusion |
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| VAE | Vanillin alcohol epoxy | |
| VAE | Variational AutoEncoder | |
| VAIM |
Vacuum-Assisted Injection Moulding |
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| VALCM |
Vibration-Assisted Liquid Composite Moulding |
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| VAM |
Valid Analytical Measurement |
Laboratory of the Government Chemist |
| VAM |
Vibro-Acoustic Modulation |
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| VAMA |
Vinyl Acetate - Maleic Anhydride coplolymer |
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| VAMAS |
Versailles project on Advanced Materials And Structures |
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| VANESSA |
Validation of Numerical Engineering Simulations: Standardisation Actions |
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| VANTA |
Vertically Aligned NanoTube Arrays |
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| VAP |
Vacuum Assisted Process |
EADS |
| VARCITY |
Vehicle ARchitectures for CITY cars |
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| VARI |
Vacuum-Assisted Resin Injection |
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| VARIM |
Vacuum-Assisted Resin Injection Moulding |
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| VARIMC |
Vacuum-Assisted Resin Injection Microwave Curing |
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| VARK |
Visual - Aural - Read/Write - Kinesthetic |
Neil Fleming's guide to learning styles |
| VARTM |
Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding (a.k.a. SCRIMPTM) |
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| VaSC |
Vaporization of Sacrificial Components |
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| VASP |
Value-Added Surplus Products |
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| VAT |
Variable Angle Tow |
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| VAWT |
Violence Against Women and Girls |
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| VAWT |
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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| VBBL |
Vancouver Building By-Law |
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| VBEPS |
VB software for calculation of permittivity by transmission measurement |
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| VBEV | Virtual Bunkering for Electric Vessels | |
| VBM |
Vertical Bending Moment |
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| VBMUE |
VB software for calculation of permittivity (μ) and permeability (ε) |
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| VBO |
Vacuum Bag Only |
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| VBROP |
Visual Basic Radome Optimisation Program |
Optimisation and design of microwave absorbers, radar transparencies etc |
| VBRTM |
Vacuum Bag Resin Transfer Moulding |
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| VC |
Value Chain |
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| VC |
Voltage Contrast |
Electron Microscopy |
| VCA |
Voluntary Contractual Agreements |
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| VCAMM |
Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing - Australia |
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| VCCM |
Variable Camber Compliant Wing |
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| VCCT |
Virtual Crack Closure Technique |
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| VCE |
Virtual Centre of Excellence |
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| VCFEM |
Voronoi Cell Finite Element Method |
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| VCHO | 4-vinyl-1,2-epoxycyclohexane | |
| VCIPT |
Virtual Centre for Industrial Process Tomography |
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| VCS |
Virginia Class Submarine |
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| VCSEL |
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers |
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| VCT |
Vacuum Consolidation Technology |
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| VCT |
Variable Cavity Tooling |
BAE Systems/EPSRC FLAVIIR project |
| VCT | Venture Capital Trusts | |
| VCT |
Vibration Correlation Technique |
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| VCU |
Value for Cultivation and Use |
Assessment of plant varieties |
| VD |
Vandermonde Decomposition |
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| VDF |
Viscosity dependent fluorescence |
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| VE |
Vinyl Ester resin |
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| VE | ViscoElastic | |
| VERITy |
Vacuum Enhanced Resin Infusion Technology |
National Aerospace Laboratories - Bangalore |
| VESDA |
Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus |
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| VEUH |
Vinyl Ester Urethane Hybrid resin system |
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| VEX |
Vacuum Expansion Process |
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| VFD |
Virtual Fibre Placement |
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| VFF |
Virtual First Flight |
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| VFP |
Virtual Fibre Placement |
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| VFP |
Visiting Fellowship Programmes |
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| VFRCMC |
Vegetable Fibre Reinforced Cement Matrix Composites |
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| VFX |
Visual Effects |
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| VGCF |
Vapour-grown carbon fibres |
Pyrograf Products |
| VHBR |
Very High Bypass Ratio | |
| VHCF |
Very High Cycle Fatigue |
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| VHP |
Vacuum Hot Pressing |
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| ViARTM |
Vibration Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding |
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| VI |
Vacuum Infusion |
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| VID |
Visible Impact Damage |
See also BVID or CVID |
| VIEWS |
Validation and Integration of manufacturing Enablers for future Wing Structures |
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| VIGV |
variable Inlet Guide Vane |
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| VIM |
Vacuum Infusion Moulding |
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| VIMP |
Vacuum Infusion Moulding Process |
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| VINE |
Value, Intent, Novelty, Excellence |
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| VIP |
Vacuum Infusion Process |
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| VIP |
Vendor Inspection Program |
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| VIPR |
Vacuum Infusion Preform Relaxation |
CCM Delaware |
| VIPR |
Vehicle Integrated Propulsion Research |
NASA |
| VirCon |
VIRtual CONsultant |
DTI funded web-site produced by MERL Ltd and RAPRA Technology Ltd |
| VITAL |
To significantly reduce aircraft engine noise and CO2 emissions |
EC and Snecma Moteurs research program to reduce noise and weight |
| VITCEA |
Validated Inspection Technique for Composites in Energy Applications |
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| VIV |
Vortex-Induced Vibration |
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| VIVA |
Vacuum Infusion Vibration Assisted |
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| VLF |
Very Long Fibre |
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| VLJ |
Very Light Jet |
Adam Aircraft |
| VLO |
Volatiles Loss Onset |
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| VLOC |
Very Large Ore Carriers |
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| VLOS |
Visual Line of Sight |
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| VLR |
Very Light Rail(way) |
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| LSI |
Large Scale Integated circuits |
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| VLSI |
Very Large Scale Integrated circuits |
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| VLT |
Visible Light Transition |
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| VM/RTM Light |
A hybrid RIFT/RTM vacuum moulding system (Plastech TT Limited) |
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| VMCA |
(Wembury) Voluntary Marine Conservation Area |
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| VME |
Visible Minority Ethnic |
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| VMR |
Value of Mortality Risk |
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| VMS |
Volatile Methyl Siloxanes |
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| VNC |
Vibrating Needle Curemeter |
RAPRA Technology |
| VNC |
Virtual Network Computing |
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| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
ISO14044:2006(E) |
| VOEM | diethyl [2-(vinyloxy)ethyl]malonate | |
| VOF |
Volume Of Fluid method |
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| VOPnet |
Vegetable Oil Polymers network |
University of Warwick |
| VP |
Value Propositions |
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| VPA |
Vapour Phase Aluminising |
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| VPDMS |
Vinyl terminated PolyDiMethylSiloxane |
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| VPH |
VARTM and Prepreg Hybrid process |
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| VPI |
Vacuum Press Infusion |
Alan Harper Composites |
| VPLA |
Virgin PLA |
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| VPO |
Venture Philanthropy Organisation |
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| VPP |
Void Producing Prepreg |
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| VPS |
Velcro Pin Stripe |
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| VPS |
Virtual Performance Solutions |
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| VR |
Virtual Reality |
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| VRFB |
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries |
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| VRIM |
Vacuum Resin Injection Moulding |
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| VRIP |
Vacuum Resin Impregnation Process |
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| VRP |
Value Retention Processes |
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| VRP |
Vehicle Recycling Partnership LLC |
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| VRR |
Value of Risk Reduction |
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| VRTM |
Vacuum-assisted Resin Transfer Moulding |
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| VSA |
Victorian Science Agenda - Australia |
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| VSA |
Virtual Source Apertures |
ultrasonic NDT technique |
| VSC |
Variable Stiffness Composites |
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| VSCS |
Variable Structure Control System |
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| VSG | Virtual Strain Gauge | |
| VSL |
Value of a Statistical Life |
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| VSM |
Value Stream Mapping |
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| VSR |
Vibratory Stress Relief | |
| VSR |
Vision Science Research Sdn Bhd |
international academic exchange platform |
| VST |
Vicat Softening Temperature |
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| V/STOL |
Vertical/Straight Take-Off and Landing |
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| VT |
Vibro Thermography |
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| VT |
Virtual Testing |
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| VTMO |
Vinyl TriMethoxy Silane |
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| VTOL |
Vertical Take-Off and Landing |
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| VTRMM |
Virtual Testing Risk Management Methodology |
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| VTS |
Vinyl Trimethoxy Silane |
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| VTSS |
Virtual-reality based Test and Simulation System |
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| VUCA |
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity |
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| VUQ |
Validation and Uncertainty Quantification analysis | |
| VUV |
Vacuum UltraViolet radiation |
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