Introduction to Engineering and Technology Concepts

Unit Four

Chapter Two – Transportation Technologies

Instructions for Success:

• Each chapter of every unit will begin with a “Mindjog.” This is a warm up question that you should answer in your workbook in the proper chapter.

• Please take notes as you move through the presentations in the notebook that has been provided.

• Sections will come up in each presentation with an assignment notice. Turn to the section detailed on the slide in your workbook and complete the assignment before proceeding.

• Good luck!

Objective

• Students will define transportation technologies and compare past technologies to today.

Mindjog!

• On your worksheet, please respond to the following question: 

• “Think about transportation. Now, how many different ways might you get from Point A to Point B?”

What is Transportation?

• The Mindjog asked you to consider the different ways you could get from Point A to Point B. Did you mention a car, plane, or boat?

• What is transportation anyway?• Transportation is all acts that relocate

humans and their possessions.• Transportation Technology provides

movement using technical means to extend human ability (Wright, 2004).

Consider…

• Why is transportation important?• Well, could you imagine life without a well-

developed transportation system?• Consider that 20% of the United State’s gross

national product (total goods and services sold) is related to transportation.

• Also, half the citizens in the U.S. are licensed to drive an automobile (Wright, 2004).

Transportation as a System

• Transportation, like all other technologies, is a system and can be viewed as interrelated.

• In general, people use four “modes” of transportation:

• Land• Water• Air• Space (Wright, 2004)

Land

• Land transportation systems move people and goods on the surface of the earth. They have developed into three major types:

• Highway - automobiles, buses, and trucks

• Rail – freight, passenger, and mass transit systems

• Continuous Flow – pipelines, conveyors, and cables (Wright, 2004).

Water

• Water transportation systems use water to support the vehicle while moving people and goods.

• Water transportation includes inland waterways (rivers and lakes) and oceangoing systems (Wright,

2004).

Air

• Air transportation systems use airplanes and helicopters to lift passengers and cargo into the air so they can be moved from place to place (Wright, 2004).(Wright, 2004).

Space

• Space transportation systems can best be described as emerging.

• It began with the space race in 1957, which resulted in the launch of Sputnik (a soviet satellite), we may one day have personal space travel and hypersonic aircrafts (Wright, 2004).

Transportation System Components

• With the four transportation systems lie three With the four transportation systems lie three major components. They include:major components. They include:

• PathwaysPathways – the means by which people and – the means by which people and cargo link and move to distant locations within a cargo link and move to distant locations within a network.network.

• VehiclesVehicles – artifacts designed to carry people and – artifacts designed to carry people and cargo on a pathway.cargo on a pathway.

• Support Structures Support Structures – human created material – human created material along pathways, including terminals, which act as along pathways, including terminals, which act as beginning and ending points in the transportation beginning and ending points in the transportation process process (Wright, 2004). (Wright, 2004).

Assignment #1

• Please turn to the section in your workbook entitled, “Unit Four, Chapter Two – Transportation Technologies.”

• Complete the extension questions under the “Assignment #1” header before moving onto the next section of slides.

BEFORE MOVING ON:

• Did you complete the “Assignment #1” Section under the “Unit Four, Chapter Two – Transportation Technologies” section of your workbook?

• If you have, please proceed to the next slide.

Chapter Two Completed!

• Please close this presentation and launch the file entitled, “Chapter 3 – Communication Technologies.”

References

• Wright, R. (2004) “Technology” The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.