Today nuclear power plants have become major source of electricity for us. Externally the nuclear power plant looks like a dome, but it is interesting …
Continue ReadingEnergy is required for everything that we do, and it is the next important thing apart from the food upon which the lives of nations depend. Lack of …
Continue ReadingWe know that power plants operating on thermal energy, water kinetic energy etc have several limitations in that they are dependent on availability of …
Continue ReadingOur human bodies have blood running around in arteries and veins (don’t ask me which one carries pure or impure blood), which is very important for …
Continue ReadingA fluid is a fluid so why should the compressibility of hydraulic fluid matter? Well it does matter a lot for that would change the entire dynamics of …
Continue ReadingYou have heard the popular saying that size does matter, but in this age of miniaturization this axiom often applies the other way round. One …
Continue ReadingWe all used to learn and enjoy this favorite poem during our school days, but did you ever realize that the very clothes you are wearing might have …
Continue ReadingMost of us usually associate the concept of manufacturing with that of engineering materials and structures associated with them, for example …
Continue ReadingThe fuel used in a compression ignition (CI) engine is diesel, which is a type of hydrocarbon. For hydrocarbons to qualify as a fuel for the engine, …
Continue ReadingPetrol or gasoline is used as fuel in spark ignition (SI) engines. Gasoline is a hydrocarbon with different chemical compositions. Here are the …
Continue ReadingIn four-stroke engines the cycle of operations is completed in four strokes of the piston inside the cylinder. In two-stroke engines the cycle of …
Continue ReadingIn spark ignition (SI) engines, petrol or gasoline is used as fuel, while in compression ignition (CI) engines, diesel is used as fuel. Petrol engines …
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