Every time we talk about an engine, we talk about the amount of horsepower it has. Even if we talk about electric motors in most modern EV, we tend to read the horsepower figure to determine the power ...
A crankshaft may experience irregular rotational speed patterns caused by a combustion engine’s discrete firing process. These excite components of the driveshaft, which causes rotational vibrations ...
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Why Is Your Car's Power Measured in Horsepower?
The term horsepower has been a staple in the automotive industry for decades, but why exactly do we use it? The concept dates back to the 18th century when engineer James Watt sought a way to compare ...
From left: Thayer, Keller and Patiashivili pose with the Formula SAE car. As multi-year members of the Formula SAE student group, mechanical engineering and mechanics majors Jon Keller and Juba ...
Sometimes we forget how many things we can do with a simple oscilloscope. In this video [Ben] uses one that Tektronix lent him to measure his DeLorean engine RPM. By checking the car main ~12V voltage ...
Language is an imperfect medium, but it's what we've got, so let's go with it. Determining the swept volume of inventor Felix Wankel's rotary engine can generate more arguments than claiming what a GT ...
In September, Sensor Developments Inc. (SDI) released the 01251 series of infrared dynamometer torque sensors. While inquiring about this new series, I quizzed Rick West, electronics design engineer ...
When it comes to making horsepower, the thought that bigger is better has driven the motorsports hobby for years. In the late 1950s, the first 348 ci big-block Chevrolet spawned an infamous family of ...
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