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came up with a notorious front-drive carriage. This carriage was first made up as an idea in a garage. George started out by taking scrapped parts and making a drawing of an engine. But, he ran into a problem: how to get power to the wheels. (Barach) “The heart of every drive-train is a transmission.”(Barach). Gasoline engines make their torque off of narrow speed range and also several gears which vehicles need in order to get the speed that is needed on roads. In 1895 Panhard- Levassor revolutionised not only the transmission, but the whole drive train. Unlike the vehicles that we have now, back then there was a motor vertically mounted in the front of a car that made the rear wheels spin through a clutch, three speeds, and a chain driven axle. When Panhard-Levassor was done with this newly refurbished transmission three years later, they noticed something was missing in their diagram-- a differential and a drive train. In the summer of 1904 the Panhard-Levassor manual transmission was adopted by most car makers. When the winter of 1905 came along more people were getting stuck than actually driving. Through all of the wrecks and slide offs one car maker, not identified, thought of a vehicle modification, the differential, that would get better traction to all wheels. (Barach) When the differential was first made, it was explained as a machine that has the ability to move the driving wheels to eliminate the scuffing of tires to add traction and power. During the discovery…

I have always been fond of trucks. Even before I learned how to drive, I pictured my future self happily owning one. As I got older and began to drive, I would often joke with my parents about getting a truck when I turned sixteen. Most of the time they said something humorous back, but they knew in reality, I wasn’t actually joking. By the time I turned sixteen, I had yet to obtain my driver’s license. I was not at all motivated in acquiring it, because I didn’t have my own vehicle to drive. My…

Once upon a time there was an itty-bitty pumpkin named Rox. Rox was intelligent, curious, and shy. Rox was cut off his vine too early and put in the back of a truck to be delivered to a pumpkin patch. Rox was boarded into the truck bed and his heart began to pound frantically when he realized how much smaller he was than the other pumpkins. The truck took Rox and the others to Pumpkin Acres, a pumpkin patch with 100 acres of pumpkins, corn mazes, games, and a petting zoo. Rox was amazed by the…

Dump trucks are a staple for many industries, particularly those related to construction and related areas. Coopersburg & Liberty Kenworth has several styles of dump trucks on their large lots. When looking into purchasing new or used tri axle dump trucks for sale it's important to have a basic understanding of what makes them stand out from the crowd. Tandem VS. Tri Axle Dump Trucks for Sale The main difference between tandem axle and tri axle dump trucks, besides the physical addition of the…

What is power train? In context to automobile engineering, the term power train is explained as the integral component that generates power and delivers it to the road surface, water, or air. It consists of engine, differentials, transmission, drive shafts, and the final drive. In a simple language, it is defined as “A train which comprises of gears and shaft for transmitting power from an engine.” Or “An assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from an engine to a…

resistance. I searched around my house for things I could use as wheels. First I thought about using the tin lids off old spaghetti cans but the lids had little lips in them so that idea went into the trash. Then I went out in the garage because I knew that my mom had kept some old toys that me and my brother played with when we were little. BINGO! I found an old plastic tractor that I that I could tear the wheels and axles off But what could I put the rear axle in so it spun freely and then…

My car did not have a lot of friction where the axles and bearings touched in the front. In the back however, it had tape for extra support on the bearings so it did have some friction in certain cases. I used rubber wheels so the car did not have much friction on the ground but, they the wheels did have a lot of traction on the hallway floor. I tried to get the friction on the back wheels to not get as much friction so it would move more freely but, I did not succeed. In the front of the…

NTV Road data are based on statistics compiled by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation from reports submitted by the states. In 1995, FHWA revised the data series for the number of U.S. road vehicles. The new categories include passenger car, light trucks (“other 2-axle, 4-tire vehicles”), “single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck” and combination truck tractors. Pre-1993 data were assigned to the closest available category. Data for light trucks or…

Mouse Killing Car Project While building and testing a mousetrap car the builder must understand a few simple but, vital mechanics. The vehicle will be propelled by the pulling force of a small mousetrap. The end goal of building this car is to have it go from one end of the room to the other on top of carpet. Leverage, kinetic energy, and friction; are things to take into consideration while testing and building the car. There are two types of levers to keep in mind. The first is the lever arm…

1. How do you adjust the pulling force of the mousetrap? Adjusting the length of the snapper will change the pulling force—making something move as it goes in a certain direction. Making the snapper on the mousetrap longer will decrease the pulling force and a shorter snapper will increase it. …