Transportation technology encompasses a variety of systems that enable different modes of transportation. These include the internal combustion engine, which converts fuel into motion through combustion; electronics systems like ignition and computer controls; and mechanical systems like steering, suspension, transmission, cooling and exhaust. Transportation plays a crucial economic role but also has environmental impacts that technologies aim to address.

1. Transportation Technology
Ken Brewer

2. Objective
• Define Transportation Technology
• Identify Transportation Technology
• Illustrate The Use Of Transportation
Technology

3. Contents
• The Internal Combustion Engine
• Electronics Systems
• Steering And Suspension Systems
• Transmissions Systems
• Cooling And Exhaust Systems
• Modes Of Transportation
• Mass Transit Systems
• Computers In Transportation
• Impacts Of Transportation
• References

4. The Internal Combustion Engine
• In 1876 Nicholas
Otto invented the
four stroke
internal
combustion
engine. He
called it the Otto
Cycle Engine.

5. How Does It Work
• A gas-fuel
mixture is
ignited by a
spark plug
inside the
chamber. The
explosion
pushes the
piston which
turns the crank
shaft.

6. The Ignition System
• The first
ignition system
was invented
in 1911 by GM
engineers
Clyde
Coleman and
Charles
Kettering.

7. How Does It Work
• The battery
provides the
initial power
source for
ignition. Once
the car is
started the
alternator
takes over.

8. Steering And Suspension Systems

9. Steering/Suspension
Troubleshooting steering and
suspension on your car can be
difficult. Click the link above for
tips.

10. Transmission
• Automatic transmissions are more
common in cars. But, some people still
appreciate manual transmissions.

11. Cooling/Exhaust Systems
• Cooling and Exhaust Systems in
vehicles basically work with a pump
and a series of intake and outtake
lines.

12. Cooling, Heating Systems
• Coolant is pumped through the engine through
a series of hoses. This keeps the engine from
overheating.

13. Exhaust Systems
• Hazardous fumes are pushed out of the piston
chamber by the piston and expelled out the
tailpipe through a series of pipes and chambers.

14. Computers In Transportation
• Computers exist
in most modern
cars. In the form
of GPS Systems
and diagnostic
controls.

15. Diagnostics
• Sensors send
messages to the
central
computer. The
computer relays
the message to
the driver
through a
display panel.

16. Modes Of Transportation
• The Department
Of Transportation
controls every
mode of
transportation
from ground,
water, sea and air
travel.

17. Mass Transit Systems
• Mass Transit
Systems are
public forms of
transportation that
carry large groups
of people at a
time.

18. Shipping
• UPS provides
shipping service
all across the
country. There are
many
other shipping companies
that carry goods to
factoriess and
businesses that
drive our
economy.

19. Transportation Impacts
• Transportation
technology has
severe positive
and negative
impacts. Our
economy depends
on transportation
yet it creates a lot
of pollution.

20. Impacts Continued
• Green Mountain Power 2008 Sustainability Report

21. References
• www.howstuffworks.com
• www.inventions.about.com
• www.dot.gov
• www.mack.com.au
• www.ups.com
• http://www.cwac.net/transportation/index.html