Transportation Technology

Transportation Technology

Ken Brewer

Objective

• Define Transportation Technology

• Identify Transportation Technology

• Illustrate The Use Of Transportation Technology

Contents

• The Internal Combustion Engine • Electronics Systems • Steering And Suspension Systems• Transmissions Systems• Cooling And Exhaust Systems• Modes Of Transportation• Mass Transit Systems• Computers In Transportation• Impacts Of Transportation• References

The Internal Combustion Engine

• In 1876 Nicholas Otto invented the four stroke internal combustion engine. He called it the Otto Cycle Engine.

http://inventors.about.com/od/dstartinventors/a/Gottlieb_Daimler.htm

How Does It Work• A gas-fuel

mixture is ignited by a spark plug inside the chamber. The explosion pushes the piston which turns the crank shaft.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm

The Ignition System• The first

ignition system was invented in 1911 by GM engineers Clyde Coleman and Charles Kettering.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blignition.htm

How Does It Work

• The battery provides the initial power source for ignition. Once the car is started the alternator takes over.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ignition-system.htm

Steering And Suspension Systems

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-suspension.htm

Steering/SuspensionTroubleshooting steering and suspension on your car can be difficult. Click the link above for tips.

http://autorepair.about.com/od/troubleshooting/a/ts_suspesnion.htm

Transmission• Automatic transmissions are more

common in cars. But, some people still appreciate manual transmissions.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/automatic-transmission.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/transmission.htm

Cooling/Exhaust Systems• Cooling and Exhaust Systems in

vehicles basically work with a pump and a series of intake and outtake lines.

Cooling, Heating Systems• Coolant is pumped through the engine through

a series of hoses. This keeps the engine from overheating.

Exhaust Systems• Hazardous fumes are pushed out of the piston

chamber by the piston and expelled out the tailpipe through a series of pipes and chambers.

Computers In Transportation

• Computers exist in most modern cars. In the form of GPS Systems and diagnostic controls.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question113.htm

Diagnostics• Sensors send

messages to the central computer. The computer relays the message to the driver through a display panel.

http://www.onstar.com/us_english/jsp/vehicle_diagnostics/systems.jsp

Modes Of Transportation

• The Department Of Transportation controls every mode of transportation from ground, water, sea and air travel.

http://www.dot.gov/new/index.htm

Mass Transit Systems

• Mass Transit Systems are public forms of transportation that carry large groups of people at a time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_transit_system

Shipping

• UPS provides shipping service all across the country. There are many other shipping companies that carry goods to factoriess and businesses that drive our economy.

http://www.ups.com/ga/CountryRegs

http://www.mack.com.au/


Transportation Impacts

• Transportation technology has severe positive and negative impacts. Our economy depends on transportation yet it creates a lot of pollution.

http://www.cwac.net/transportation/index.html

Impacts Continued• Green Mountain Power 2008 Sustainability Report

References

• www.howstuffworks.com

• www.inventions.about.com

• www.dot.gov

• www.mack.com.au

• www.ups.com

• http://www.cwac.net/transportation/index.html

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

http://www.inventions.about.com/

http://www.dot.gov/


http://www.ups.com/

http://www.cwac.net/transportation/index.html

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