(Non-Wind Powered) Self-Propelled Vehicles
(Non-wind powered) Self-Propelled Vehicles
Introduction A self-propelled vehicle is one that does not need man or animal power to run. Every modern vehicle now falls under this category, with the most notable one being the automobile.
An automobile is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor [1]. Many of the denominations for automobiles include motor car, auto car, or car. Numerous dictionaries and sources that define the word automobile, state that they run on an internal-combustion engine. While this is true, not all automobiles run on gasoline or petroleum. The electric car and steam engines have shown that many alternatives exist to power vehicles. Dictionaries also affirm that the purpose of an automobile is to transport passengers. Advancements in technology are rapidly altering this.
There are roughly 806 million cars and light trucks worldwide today and growing quickly in countries such as India and China. This has both a good and bad impact in today’s society. Self-propelled vehicles have always needed a chemical and mechanical process in order to run, but modern vehicles also require other factors such as electronics.
Objectives
-To explain the history of self-propelled vehicles; and their scientific function.
-To describe the impact of self-propelled vehicles in developing technology and potential in present and future engineering.
Development
Technological applications of self-propelled powered vehicles: -Advancements in mechanical efficiency.
-Development of artificial intelligence.
-Engineering of alternative energy sources and development in energy efficiency.
-Development of better materials used to build & manufacture them.
History
The first self-propelled vehicle is believed to have been creates by a Jesuit named Ferdinand Verbiest. He left from Flanders (what is now Belgium) to go on a Jesuit mission to China during the Qing Dynasty. He was an adept
Introduction A self-propelled vehicle is one that does not need man or animal power to run. Every modern vehicle now falls under this category, with the most notable one being the automobile.
An automobile is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor [1]. Many of the denominations for automobiles include motor car, auto car, or car. Numerous dictionaries and sources that define the word automobile, state that they run on an internal-combustion engine. While this is true, not all automobiles run on gasoline or petroleum. The electric car and steam engines have shown that many alternatives exist to power vehicles. Dictionaries also affirm that the purpose of an automobile is to transport passengers. Advancements in technology are rapidly altering this.
There are roughly 806 million cars and light trucks worldwide today and growing quickly in countries such as India and China. This has both a good and bad impact in today’s society. Self-propelled vehicles have always needed a chemical and mechanical process in order to run, but modern vehicles also require other factors such as electronics.
Objectives
-To explain the history of self-propelled vehicles; and their scientific function.
-To describe the impact of self-propelled vehicles in developing technology and potential in present and future engineering.
Development
Technological applications of self-propelled powered vehicles: -Advancements in mechanical efficiency.
-Development of artificial intelligence.
-Engineering of alternative energy sources and development in energy efficiency.
-Development of better materials used to build & manufacture them.
History
The first self-propelled vehicle is believed to have been creates by a Jesuit named Ferdinand Verbiest. He left from Flanders (what is now Belgium) to go on a Jesuit mission to China during the Qing Dynasty. He was an adept
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