Beyond Wrenches and Ratchets:
What’s Really Behind Motor Car Engineering
When you look at the shape of your car, or the way it burns fuel,
or simply how it “rides” you are looking at the results of the work done by
the car’s automotive engineers.
Automobile engineering is a specialized branch of mechanical engineering.
It is concerned not just with cars, but also trucks, motorcycles, buses, tractors, bulldozers, boats
– practically anything that has an engine and moves!
Try not to get the idea that an automotive engineer is simply a fancy name for a mechanic.
People who practice and specialize in engineering go beyond just “fixing things”.
They look and / or devise new ways and means to get the best performance out of the vehicles they work on.
To give you an idea of just how extensive the field of motor engineering is,
below are some of the main areas that concern the automotive engineers:
Car safety
Everything from tire pressure to driving stability
is an issue an automotive engineer must be an expert at.
He has to be able to detect flaws in the system of a particular car,
or a whole fleet of cars, in order to make the necessary adjustments to ensure that the car
is at its best to protect its driver and passengers.
Fuel efficiency
The need to conserve fuel is now an important feature on automobiles.
Automotive engineers look for ways to achieve fuel efficiency
not only through making better engines,
but also examining how the entire car is built.
For example the heavier a car is, the more fuel it takes to move it.
It is up to the engineer to devise better ways to construct the car to make it lighter,
without sacrificing safety.
Engine efficiency is another concern for the automotive engineers.
They analyze the movements of an engine and its transmission systems
to assess whether power is efficiently distributed and used by the vehicle.
Environment concerns
It is not true that everyone working with cars is against the environment.
In fact, there is a specialized field in automotive engineering that is concerned with
minimizing vehicle emissions into the environment.
These specialists work together with engine experts and designers to find the best means of reducing the level of
pollutants that get introduced into the environment as an engine is used.
Further Innovations
Motor engineers are also at the forefront of shaping the design and manufacture of future automobiles.
Fields like materials research work hand in hand with automotive engineering in finding, if not creating,
the best material for manufacturing vehicles of various kinds.
Plastics, for example, are being used more and more in the manufacturing of consumer vehicles like cars and trucks.
The kind of metal alloys used on tires is yet another aspect.
Basic motor functions are important,
but the automotive engineers are also concerned with the looks of the vehicle.
Engineers are working with designers to conceptualize cool, sleek cars that don’t only work well,
but look good as well.
Automotive engineering is indeed an exciting field for anyone interested
in how things work.
All it needs is an understanding of how components work together
and the imagination to see how else they can operate.
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