The concept of turbocharging got first introduced in a production car during the early 60s by GM. This concept was applied in the Chevrolet Corvair. This vehicle had a very poor reputation in regard to its bad low-speed output as well as excessive turbo lag. All this made the fluent driving nearly impossible to achieve. The turbo lag acted as the biggest difficulty that hindered the earlier turbo cars from getting accepted in the form
Read moreThe aerodynamic factor of Lift has lots of significance. As the air flowing above the car tends to travel a longer distance in comparison with the air flowing below the car, we find the former as faster as compared to the latter. As per the Bernoullis Principle, this speed difference would produce a net negative pressure being acted on upper surface. This is termed as “Lift”. Let us examine this topic in detail. Similar to
Read moreThe aircraft propulsion system needs to serve two crucial purposes. Firstly, the thrust generated from this propulsion system should balance the drag arising in the airplane while the airplane cruises. Secondly, the thrust arising from this propulsion system should exceed the drag associated with the airplane to accelerate the airplane. It is interesting to note that the greater is the difference found between the thrust and drag, known as the excess thrust, the quicker the
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