Automobile Definition and 92 Threads

i just want to know if this is possible,say i want to bring about sideways movement to the wheel and want the car to move horizontally.by providing an expandable material connected at the end of the axle to either side of the wheel ,so whenever sideways motion is required as the material...

I am trying to understand all of the forces involved in a vehicles wheel, The weight of the auto on the wheel downward would be radial load, and the force 90 degrees from that would be the thrust load directly perpindicular with the wheel. What I learned is that there is an equal reacting force...

A motor car with wheel base 275 cm with a centre of gravity 85 cm above the ground and 115 cm behind the front axle has a coefficient of adhesion 0.6 between the tyre and the gound, Calculate the maximum possible acceleration when the vehicle, is (a) driven on four wheels, (b) driven on the...

Homework Statement An automobile battery that is originally fully charged gradually discharges while sitting on a shelf at a constant temperature of 40C, producing no electric work but resulting in a heat transfer of 1000kJ to its enviroment. The battery is then recharged to its initial...

Homework Statement 1) A typical automobile tire has a gauge pressure of around 30 Ib/in^2. How much is that in pascals? If a car weighs 8897N(=2000lb), how much area(SI units) on each tire is in contact with the road? 2) A swimming pool 5m wide by 10m long is filled to a depth of 3m...

Hello, i would like to know in what ways power is loss from a car engine to the wheels and what are the percentages of the power losses that occur. Do the power losses vary with engine speeds? Also, how much power does the electric motor starter consume? Max90

Hi guys I am in a big problem. I have to make a final year project. Although am interested in automobiles(cars) and have real talent in deigning their exterior. But my friends say everybody builds a cars or automobile as project ... make something different. What should i make? I thought i...

I once saw an engine study that uses solenoids in compensating engagements much like the internal combustion engine. It was a small contraption but it worked. It used 12v dc current. I am just wondering if the engine can produce enough electricity to recharge the battery it uses if an alternator...

seat belts and airbags save lives by reducing the forces exerted on the driver and passengers in an automobile collision. cars are designed with a crumple zone in the front of the car. in the event of a impact, the passenger compartment decelerates over a distance of about 1 m as the front of...

The human body can survive an acceleration trauma incident ( sudden stop) if the magnitude of the acceleration is less than If you are in an automobile accident with an initial speed of and you are stopped by an airbag that inflates from the dashboard, over what distance must the airbag stop you...

Homework Statement In a collision, an automobile initially traveling at 50 km/h decelerates at a constant rate of 200 m/s^2. A passenger not wearing a seat belt crashes against the dashboard. Before the collision, the distance between the passenger and the dashboard was 0.60 m. With what...

I need to review 6 journal articles (approx. 150 words/article) relating to chemistry of the car (any topic). I need a topic which is going to allow me to easily identify the biases of the people who wrote the article, and that will be somewhat controversial, interesting and relevant to our...

Gate, jam,... Omg! Hi. I am from India. I have just completed my BE in Automobile Engineering. But i have no interest in standing on assembly lines and checking whether the carburetor specs are right.. Physics attracts me more. So i have decided to pursue my masters in it rather. What will...

Homework Statement The emf of an automobile storage battery is 12.20 V, and its internal resistance is 0.008 ohms. what is the terminal voltage of the battery when the starter motor is drawing 150. A from the battery? Homework Equations N/A The Attempt at a Solution I have no...

Most are familiar with dynamometers that measure torque and horsepower output of the automobile drive train. The auto's drive wheels are driven onto a set of rollers and the output of the system is measured at various speeds. I am wondering if an electric power generator could be driven in this...

Homework Statement This is just a conceptual question: Give an example of a situation in which an automobile driver can have a centripetal acceleration but no tangential acceleration. Homework Equations N/A The Attempt at a Solution I understand that centripetal acceleration...

Homework Statement 6. A car of mass 1750 kg rounds a circular turn of radius of 21 m. The road is flat and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the tires and the road is 0.3, while the coefficient of static friction is 0.76. How fast can the car go without skidding? Homework...

1.An automobile battery has an emf of 12.6 V and an internal resistance of 0.0620 . The headlights together present equivalent resistance 6.00 (assumed constant). What is the potential difference across the headlight bulbs when they are the only load on the battery? What is the potential...

I'd like to open a discussion on the ins and outs of shock absorbers on cars. The ability of a device to restrict the extension of the suspension springs works miracles that are not always appreciated.

Hi All, Something has been nagging at me for decades and I feel that this is the place to get the real answer so here goes. The question concerns the difference between manual transmissions and automatic transmissions regarding traction in snow. Now it seems to me that given the same...

What is the purpose of the spiral ribs seen on modern car radio antennas?

Why do automobile batteries have very low internal resistance?

Homework Statement An automobile with a mass of 1360 kg has 3.05 m between the front and rear axles. Its center of gravity is located 1.78 m behind the front axle. With the automobile on level ground, determine the magnitude of the force from the ground on a) each wheel (assuming equal...

Homework Statement An automobile starter motor draws a current of 1.9 A from a 5.5 V battery when operating at normal speed. A broken pulley locks the armature in position, and the current increases to 8.6 A. What was the back emf of the motor when operating normally? Answer in units of...

[SOLVED] Automobile Power Homework Statement A truck engine transmits 28.0kW(37.5hp ) to the driving wheels when the truck is traveling at a constant velocity of magnitude 60.0km/h ( 37.3mi/h) on a level road. a) resistance force? P = Fv, P/v = F = 1680N this is where I have trouble...

[SOLVED] Constant Acceleration Homework Statement At the instant the traffic light turns green, an automobile starts with a constant acceleration a of 2.1 m/s^2. At the same instant a truck is 10.2 m down the road and traveling with a constant speed of 8.5 m/s. (a) How far beyond the...

suppose an atomobile has a kinetic energy of 20,000J. If it moves twice as fast, what will be its kinetic energy? three times as fast? i think that if the velocity is 2 times as fast, then the energy will be 2times^2, and if it is 3 times as fast, then it will be 3times^2...is that correct...

1 litre of petrol contain about 8.79 KWHr (30023 BTU) of energy. A car wieghs about 1500Kg is able to run for about 10000 meters by burning 1 litre of petorl. For moving 1500 Kgs for 10000 meters the energy required is 150 Megajoules which is equal to 41.67 KWHr. How this is possible? Am I...

Some organization called CNW Marketing Research Inc. has published an "analysis" of the total energy consumption of various kinds of cars. It is called Dust to Dust: The Energy Cost of New Vehicles From Concept to Disposal. This is most certainly not a scientific paper (it refers to...

What voltage do car speakers typical run at? Thank you for your time.

A 1500-kilogram automobile travels at a speed of 90 km/h along a straight concrete highway. Faced with an emergency situation, the driver jams on the brakes , and the car skids to a stop. What will the stopping distance be for (a) dry pavement and (b) wet pavement?

The cornering performance of an automobile is evaluated on a skidpad, where the maximum speed that a car can maintain around a circular path on a dry, flat surface is measured. Then the centripetal acceleration is calculated as a multiple of "g", the free-fall acceleration due to gravity at the...

Hey! I have this question that I can't find the answer to anywhere! The Brakes of an automobile can decelerate at 6.00 m/s2. a) How many seconds are required to stop the automobile if it is traveling at a rate of 27.0 m/s? b) How many meters does the automobile travel during this...

I've got a question to solve.. Just need 1 thing.. An automobile cooling system holds 18L of water. How much heat does it absorb if its temperature rises from 20ºC to 90ºC? I need to find how many kg of water I have... and then plug into Q =mc(T1-T2) Q = (m)(4186)(-70) Look...

Hi Guys! im having trouble in solving this prob can u tell me the hints as well as the correct answer of this prob: an automobile tire is filled to a gauge pressure of 2000 kPa when it is at an air temperature of 20 degree celsius. After the car has been driven at high speed, the tire...

I am planning to make a go-kart.could someone help me with the design paramaeters?I would like to have a complete idea on the design of the frame (by this i mean to understand the pros n cons of front taper etc used in modern race cars),suspensions etc. I have gone through much of the...

This guy installed a pc with gentoo linux in this mazda: http://www.timekiller.org/carpc/ Things he could do:

1989 GMC truck 4 cyl 2.5 liter The overheat light comes on after about a minute's driving. I have flushed the system, replaced the hoses, replaced the whole radiator, and the coolant temperature sensor and the thermostat(tried two separate new thermostats). I tried removing the thermostat...

Ok so yesterday, I had to jump start my chevy blazer because I left the dome light on and the battery went dead. once it started, I let it run at high rpms for 8-10 minutes to semi charge the battery before I left. I know it was charging, because my alternator gauge was reading 16, and a fully...

An Automobile starting from a rest at t=0 undergoes constant acceleration on a staight line. It is observed to pass two marks separated by 64m, first at t=8 and the second at t=12s. What is the value of the acceleration? I know how to find the Vel. from this (64m/4s) but i don't...

Hello anyone that can help. I am trying to gain an understanding of rotational motion, including (tangential speed, angular momentum, centripetal force and so on). The first question I was hoping that someone could help me is: An automobile speedometer is configured yo read speed proportional...

The application is drag racing in a rear wheel drive vehicle. The vehicle weighs approximately 3000lbs. Traction is not an issue as both vehicles grab the ground perfectly. The front and rear is suspended by a shock and spring in each corner. All else is equal unless otherwise stated...