Automotive engineering Definition and 14 Threads

It appears that I am unable to attach any images here, so I'll do my best to paint a picture for you. I completed a motion study using SolidWorks to calculate the force required to steer tires in a certain amount of time. I am confident in the motion study, but I need to complete a separate...

Hi, I study Applied Mechanics and I'm in the last year of my study. I try to find some interesting topic for my master's thesis that will be at least a little innovative. Topics offered by my university are unfortunately quite usual and "old-fashioned". And I want to do something a little bit...

Hello, my name is Logan and I'm looking to go into automotive engineering(in the long run). I'm currently in high school and I am doing the middle college program which will allow me to graduate with a general associates degree. A few of my dads friends told me about an apprenticeship-type...

I am an electrical engineer with a BS degree. I do not understand many things about electricity completely, but I am willing to explore and help others to explore as well. I have an interest in physics in general, but to be honest I'm not very smart in this subject. I look forward to meeting...

I recently read a post on "How much energy does an alternator use?". So I read some more online articles and found that some people have thought of running their alternator on their drive shaft. This doesn't seem more economical to me, since you will still loose engine power . If the alternator...

hello! can you tell me please what are the current challenges in automotive industry? please be as specific as possible, for example, it won't help to say to make engines more efficient, but it will help to say to find a way to harvest the kinetic energy of the exhaust gases also, elaborating...

hello! is there any freeware simulation software for automotive engineering? thanks!

Hello everyone! I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on what I should do in order to work in the automotive engineering field. Right now I am a freshman at Coastal Carolina University as an honors student in the Applied Physics major with a focus on engineering. I am on track to...

I'm currently trying to figure out what I should do when I'm out of the navy after my 5 years of service in early 2015. I've always had an interest in engineering (especially automotive) for a while now. I'm a huge gear head. Anyways the only issue I'm facing is I will be 25 my freshman year, so...

So a great deal of the population uses some form of rail or automotive transport daily so obviously the automotive/rail companies are making a lot of money but what I don't understand is why the demand for automotive/rail engineers is decreasing? I ask this question because I initially started...

Homework Statement A vehicle weighs 3000 lbf and has an initial velocity of 68 mph. If the braking system is designed to stop the vehicle at constant power, calculate the stopping distance in feet, if the stopping power is 100 hp. m = 3000 lbf / 32.2 ft/s2 = 93.17 (lbf-s2)/ft v = 68 mph...

I've been a huge car fanatic since I was three, you name i know it about cars, I am looking into University Bound, what career would fit my style designing car body/engine working on producing cars, tuning cars sort of things like that.

hello everybody here in that great,full&useful forum, well--im a student in the final year of mechanical engineering,and i was really interested in the whole courses we had taken at school related to the subject of comustion,and i know abit about the techniques of the electronic boeards and...

I've got an idea for a predictive type of braking system. The general theory is great, however I am not a Mechanical Engineer at all ... just an idea incubator :-p Anyway ... my idea requires the use of deceleration of the vehicle. Are there typically sensors already on the car that...