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A review of the increasing need for electronics in car engine management. Using a range of classic vintage cars from the British Motor Heritage Collection, shows how car ignition systems, although growing in...
Relates to the course textbook. Looks at how to generate realistic images with computer graphics and how to modify reality in a computer model. Section 5.1 HIDDEN SURFACE REMOVAL, RAY TRACING AND SHADOWS,...
Examines technical choices for the makers of future tv systems working on wide screens (HDTV or high-definition television). The major materials issue is the production of satisfactory silicon layers on the...
All ropes require certain basic properties such as suitable tensile strength and resistance to wear and corrosion, whatever their final application to enable them to perform predictably in a particular...
Shows how materials engineers use phase diagrams to form a base on which to design the composition of alloys, because the way in which alloys are heat treated during processing influences the way they...
Relates closely to the course textbook: Section 1.1 introduces the use of videos within the course; 1.2 shows some uses of computers in design.
Relates closely to the course textbook, looking at geometric modelling and finite element analysis in the following sections: 3.1) Introduction to modelling; 3.2) Modelling shape; 3.3) Constructive solid...
Describes the design, manufacture and marketing of light bulbs. Two components, the tungsten filament in the household bulb and the alumina tube in the high-pressure sodium vapour lamp, are used as examples...
Studies combined heat and power (CHP), and district heating systems, and shows examples of both - Rotterdam, where a centrally situated power station, Schiehaven, has been converted to CHP and supplies how...
Looks at the changing use of material in different classes of bridge, using examples from Berwick on Tweed, Newcastle upon Tyne and Humberside.
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