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MCL 721 : (NEXT GENERATION) AUTOMOTIVE PRIME MOVERS : Introductory Remarks. P M V Subbarao Professor Mechanical Engineering Department. An Understanding of The Important Relation : Necessity--Invention …. An Exotic Human Need : The Origin & Evolution of an Invention.
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MCL 721 : (NEXT GENERATION) AUTOMOTIVE PRIME MOVERS : Introductory Remarks P M V Subbarao Professor Mechanical Engineering Department An Understanding of The Important Relation : Necessity--Invention ….
An Exotic Human Need : The Origin & Evolution of an Invention
Vehicular pollution is one of the major Environmental Problem • The effects of car pollution are widespread, affecting air, soil and water quality. • Nitrous oxide contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer. • Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide mix with rainwater to create acid rain, which damages crops, forests and other vegetation and buildings. • Oil and fuel spills from cars and trucks seep into the soil near highways, and discarded fuel and particulates from vehicle emissions contaminate lakes, rivers and wetlands.
Framework for Ethical Innovators • Development of an equivalent Darwin model for evolution of human necessity. • Critical analysis of the ethical justification of need and scientific justification of invention.
Evolution of Artificial Horse World's first inexpensive car : In Benz Velo, 1893 0.7 hp & 20 km/hr. 14 liters per 100 kilometers. The Right Way of Mimicking an Intelligent Species????!!??? World’s most fuel efficient car : Volkswagen's diesel-hybrid XL1, 2013, 75 hp & 306 km/hr. 1.0 liter per 100 kilometers An economically Infeasible…
Study & Duplication of A Thermodynamic System Target: Engine must be many times a Horse
Philosophy of Science • The goal which physical science has set itself is the simplest and most economical abstract expression of facts. • The human mind, with its limited powers, attempts to mirror in itself the rich life of the world, of which it itself is only a small part……. • In reality, the law always contains less than the fact itself. • A Law does not reproduce the fact as a whole but only in that aspect of it which is important for us, the rest being intentionally or from necessity omitted.
Anatomy of A Horse : Result of Nearly 50 million years of Evolution World horse population estimated at 58 million. Ten countries in the world have a horse population of more than a million, with the total global equine population estimated at 58 million, according to a report compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT).Sep 12, 2007
Anatomy of An Aritificial Horse : Result of Nearly ~150 years of Evolution 1.2 Billion Vehicles (Artificial Horses) On World's Roads : July 29, 2014