Filter (OIL )- A device which removes solids from a fluid. Flow Meter - A testing device which gauges either flow rate, total flow, or both. Flow Rate - The volume of fluid passing a point in a given time. Fluid Power - Energy transmitted and controlled through use of a pressurized fluid. Force - A push or pull acting upon a body.
Conflicts of national interest caused the World War II alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union to be replaced by a Cold War that lasted 45 years. Initially a dispute over the future of Europe, it grew to include confrontations around the world.
Part of a series on the. History of the. The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact). Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but 1947â91 is common.