Automotive 15 PDH Discount Package

This online engineering PDH course presents the evolution of the U.S. auto industry by tracing historical events relating to the origin of the automotive history to Detroit, Michigan. Michigan is a glove-shaped piece of land, off the beaten track, wedged up between two lakes, and with sometimes very inclement weather. Ohio and Indiana; who are also instrumental in the founding of the auto industry; are located adjacent to Michigan and have the same weather patterns. Despite these seeming disadvantages, the author traces what he thinks are the circumstances that lead to Detroit becoming the automotive capital of the world.

He starts in England where an event occurred 200 years ago that transformed the world of engineering making the automobile and automobile designs possible and functional. He traces the origin of the key materials that make up an automotive vehicle and how they aided Detroit in the automotive industry. He describes the brilliant and famous people who lived in the Midwestern part of the country who aided Detroit in its famous rise to prominence. He sums up Detroit's success to famous people, an abundance of key materials, and great lakes.

This 5 PDH online course if for Mechanical Engineers, Automotive Engineers, Power Train Engineers, Design Engineers and any other discipline dealing with the automotive industry.

This online engineering course presents the operational principles and basic mechanisms of the internal combustion engine.

The power of an internal combustion engine comes from burning a mixture of fuel and air in a small, enclosed space. When this mixture burns, it expands significantly; building pressure that pushes the piston down, in turn rotating the crankshaft. Eventually, this motion is transferred through the transmission and out to the drive wheels to move the vehicle.

The automobile is a familiar object to all of us. The engine that moves it is one of the most fascinating and talked about of all the complex machines we use today. This machine is what we call the internal combustion engine.

This online engineering PDH course presents the considerations for hosting public charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). It provides detailed information about PEVs, charging basics, benefits, costs, and discusses the installation and maintenance of charging stations.

Concerns about the environmental impacts of conventional internal combustion engines (ICE) vehicles sparked a PEV renais­sance at the end of the 20th century. Today, PEVs are back and ready to compete with — and complement — the ubiquitous ICE tech­nology. First, advances in electric-drive technologies enabled commercialization of hybrid electric vehi­cles (HEVs), which integrate an ICE or other power source with batteries, regenerative braking, and an electric motor to boost fuel economy. Continued technological advances have spawned plug-in HEVs (PHEVs), which integrate small ICEs (or other power sources) and large, grid-chargeable batteries that enable all-electric driving ranges of 10 to 40 miles or more. Advanced technologies have also enabled manufactur­ers to introduce a new generation of EVs that don’t use an ICE at all. At the same time, charging station tech­nologies have evolved to facilitate a range of charging options and business models.

This 2 PDH online course is intended for mechanical and electrical engineers as well as others interested in learning more about plug-in electric vehicles.

This online engineering PDH course takes out some of the complication by breaking it down into its various elements and dealing with them separately. It describes gear trains, planetary gear sets, differential gears, and gearboxes and their use in the industrial and automotive fields. Next, couplings and clutches are discussed with reference to their use in automotive torque converters. Finally, a short description of belts and chains is given including when they should be used in lieu of gears.

Mechanical Power Transmission (MPT) is a very dynamic field of endeavor. It may be the chain on a bicycle, the gearbox on a wind turbine, or the drive train of an automobile. The chain on a bicycle transfers human energy into the kinetic energy a moving bicycle has; the gearbox on a wind turbine transfers wind energy into electrical energy; and the drive train of an automobile transfers chemical energy (gasoline powered vehicles) also into kinetic energy. The field is not without its challenges. Designers are finding that the gearbox on wind turbines is more of a problem than anticipated because of premature failure. New government regulations over fuel economy, exhaust emissions, and vehicle safety are pushing the state of the art of automobile design even higher. New ideas and concepts are continually being investigated.

This 3 PDH online course is intended for mechanical engineers, automotive engineers, design engineers, and any other professional interested in gaining a better understanding in mechanical power transmission.

This online engineering PDH course is intended for mechanical, automotive, civil, machine design engineers and any other professional interested in automotive design and development.

This course deals with some of the more important applications of anti-friction bearings in automotive vehicles. It explains in simple terms how the various ratios of a planetary gearset are used in automotive automatic transmissions and how to calculate the forces on their bearings. It describes the "differential unit" in automotive drive axle systems and how to calculate the bearing loads on the all-important spiral bevel gearset.

This 2 PDH online course also includes an engineering discussion and design study of wheel bearings and associated mounting equipment. An expert analysis is presented on the new "integral spindle wheel bearing unit" that is used on front drive vehicles. Additional information includes the design of the new integral bearing engine coolant pump and also how low cost "drawn cup" bearings have replaced standard design roller bearings in rear drive, rear wheel applications.