Acronym for Front End Alignment Generally appears as a line item on a repair estimate or repair order It will sometimes be accompanied by 4-W or 4-Wheel alignment This simply means that the vehicle needs to have all wheels aligned
Finite Element Analysis Computer analysis of a given structure, using an application like ABAQUS, modelling the structure into a number of finite elements, the detail of which allows to determine precisely the stress field (for example) in the studied parts (in the case of a corrosion defect, at the deepest point)