Practical Automobile Engineering Illustrated

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Overthe course of 20 hours, Alex Muir dismantles and then rebuilds a 2001 Mazda MX5 Miata. Every part and every system is explained in incredible detail, alongside beautiful CGI that makes it easy to understand. Professionally filmed in 4K, with full subtitles - this course covers the practical side of a major in automotive engineering. 14+ pro hours Go from the basics to advanced automotive engineering using 11 sections of lessons. Every part of a car is explained.

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A series of textbooks for persons engaged in the engineering professions and trades or for those who desire information concerning them. Fully illustrated and containing numerous practical examples and their solutions.

A series of textbooks for persons engaged in the engineering professions and trades or for those who desire information concerning them. fully illustrated and containing numerous practical examples and their solutions.

For repair men, chauffeurs, and owners; covering the construction, care, and repair of pleasure cars, commercial cars, and motorcycles, with especial attention to ignition, starting, and lighting systems, garage equipment, welding, ford construction and repair, and other repair methods.

With explanations of the construction and operation of those parts of motor cycles, cycle cars and the ford car that differ from automobile practice and chapters on care and maintenance, and on the location and remedy of trouble.

Over 1500 time and labor-saving kinks, methods and devices, from more than 1000 of the best garages, service stations and repair shops in the United States. Ideas that have been developed to save a good man's time, covering engine, clutch, gear set, running gear and body repairs; managing and equipping the shop, etc.

A complete treatise explaining approved methods of repairing all parts of all types of gasoline automobiles, shows all latest developments based on a wide, actual repair experience. Includes: Electric Starting and Lighting System Instructions; Oxy-Acetylene Welding; Tire Repairing; Engine and Ignition Timing; Overhauling, etc.

A practical, comprehensive treatise defining all principles pertaining to gasoline automobiles and their component parts. Invaluable to motorists, students, mechanics, repair men automobile draughtsmen, designers and engineers.

CONTENTS

- Organization and Equipment of an Automobile Factory

- Machines and Tools for Automobile Manufacture

- System for the Rapid Assembly of Motor Cars

- Treatment of Gears for Automobiles

- Introduction

- Suggestions in the Design of Combustion Engines

- Formulas and Constants for Combustion Engine Design

- Crank-Shafts for Internal Combustion Engines

- The Crank-Case Problem

- Water Required to Cool a Gas Engine

- Commercial Ratings for Internal Combustion Engines

A practical treatise for automobilists, manufacturers, capitalists, investors and everyone interested in the development, use and care of the automobile. Including a special chapter on how to build an electric cab, with detail drawings.

The evolution of aerodynamics for LSR cars was remarkably rapid, as this Stanley Steamer Rocket of 1906 evidently shows. And the increase in speed was even more dramatic: the Rocket broke the 200km barrier, with a run of 205.44 kmh (127.66 mph). That would not be bettered until 1924, and not until 2009 for steam powered vehicles.

The first known attempt at streamlining a passenger car is this Alfa Romeo from 1914, built by the coach builder Castagna for the Italian Count Ricotti. Due to the very heavy bodywork, it turned out to not improve on the top speed of the open Alfa it was based on.

To put the nascent field of automotive aerodynamics in perspective, the typical two-box car of the twenties was more aerodynamic going backwards than forwards, as this ass-backwards car showed. That brings back memories of Bob Lutz stating that the Volt concept would have had better aerodynamics if they put it in the wind tunnel backwards.

Hungarian-born Paul Jaray used his experience working int the aeronautical field, and especially designing Zeppelins, to develop a specific formula for automotive aerodynamic design principles that lead to a patent, applied for in 1922 and issued in 1927. His approach was influential, and numerous companies used Jaray licensed bodies during the streamliner craze that unfolded in the early thirties. His early designs tended to be very tall, and with questionable proportions and space utilization (below).

His designs eventually became more mainstream, and Mercedes, Opel, Maybach, and numerous other makes, primarily German, built special streamliner versions using Jaray bodies, like this Mercedes below:

The limitation of these cars is like the Castagna Alfa, they were re-bodied conventional cars with frames, front engines and RWD. Jaray only addressed the aerodynamics, not the complete vehicle like Rumpler had. It was a start, but others were taking up where Rumpler left off, like the English Burney, below:

One of the most influential and lasting designers of the whole era was Austrian Hans Ledwinka. After he took over as chief design engineer at the Czech firm Tatra in 1921, he developed the basis of a series of remarkable Tatra cars and eventually streamliners with platform frames, independent suspensions and rear air-cooled engines that Ferdinand Porsche cribbed from heavily in his design of the Volkswagen (VW made a substantial payment to Tatra in the 1960s to compensate them for this theft of IP).

This Volkswagen prototype from 1934 (above) shows a very strong resemblance to the cribbed Tatra v570, with the benefit of some further refinement. Although the visual cues are not really as significant as they might appear to us now, because these were the leading-edge design elements of the time, and widely imitated or shared, on both side of the Atlantic.

The failure of the practical Airflow can probably comes down to one thing: that overly flat waterfall grille. That was too much of a break for the symbolism still engendered in the remnants of the classic car prow. The Zephyr had one, and it was a success, despite not being nearly as a good a car as the Airflow.

Another lesser-know variation of the popular Ford V8 engined aerodynamic vehicles was this Dubonnet Ford of 1936, whose very slippery body allowed it to reach 108 mph. I appears to have Isetta-type front doors for the front seat passengers. About as much crumple zone too.

Its important to note that the rise of interest in aerodynamics in the 1930s arose out of the desire to reinvent the automobile from its horse and wagon origins and the assumptions that average driving speeds would be on the rise with modern roads. This made it a forward looking undertaking, as most drivers were plodding along at 35-45 mph outside of cities. But the first freeways were being built in Germany, and improvements in US roads, including the first parkways and freeways were taking place. It also explains the particularly strong interest and adoption of streamlining in Germany.

Note that I have not attempted to survey the influence of aerodynamics on the styling of cars in the latter thirties and up to WW II. Needless to say the influence was utterly profound, and gave us some of the most remarkable cars of the late classic era. But this had relatively more to do with style (and even affectation) than a genuine effort to push the envelope in terms of leading edge aerodynamics. Nevertheless, the benefits and beauty that resulted, like in this Bugatti Atlantique coupe are undeniable, but beyond our scope here.

Hi Paul,I have another car that you could include; the 1939 Maybach Stromlinien Karosserie (aka Stromlinienkarosserie), which was a car that was made to do high speed tire testing: _1.jpg _2.jpg -ds04.jpg -net.com/chez2007/img/163/inline_15.jpgMy info is that it had a Cd of 0.16, and it could go 150mph with a 150HP engine.All the pictures I have see (the four I linked to) appear to be scans of a newspaper, unfortunately. It certainly appears to have sophisticated cooling vents (on the sides just behind the front wheels and the slots on the hood), and it had a full belly pan, too.Sincerely, Neil

Paul,Wow, this is a terrific piece of work!Great research on so many vehicles.Another one you might want to check on as an American example would be the Auburn Boat Tail Speedster of 1929 and the succeeding models through the early thirties. Very beautiful streamlined bodies that also incorporated advanced engineering.Again, fascinating articles!Thanks!Chris RaberChambersburg, PA

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