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My grandfather was a fitter employed at the coal mines in the southern part of The Netherlands. He lived from 1893 until 1984. When he moved to an elderly home, I got his books on mechanical engineering, published in 1913. Two bulky volumes in German, in Gothic script, and with many technical drawings. A third thinner book contains more drawings of machinery in colour, consisting of several layers that can be unfolded to show the interior of the machines.
Beautiful books, which keep the memory to my grandfather alive.
HSS!
52 weeks of 2018 - Week 40: Family heirloom
Sliders Sunday (07-10-2018)
Spectacular Engineering New LIRR Terminal 150 Feet Below Manhattan NY - IMRAN™
I consider Manhattan, New York my forever American hometown for 36 years! I have always admired the feats of engineering that show up as literally countless skyscrapers and train tunnels upon tunnels under the granite foundation since more than a century.
I have also been a Long Island Railroad (LIRR) user since 1993, literally years ago when I first found the spot to build my home on the NY South Shore beach in Suffolk. But those trains went from the old dilapidated Penn Station, under the landmark Madison Square Gardens.
Grand Central Terminal is an architectural work of art. I often go there when in the area. But I only took subway trains because the other trains went north of New York City, and Long Island is to the East.
After many years of incredible underground dogging and construction, plus the completion of a decades old planned tunnel, now I can take LIRR to Long Island from here too. I just didn’t have a chance to use it yet.
I was in Manhattan last week to speak at a Future Of SaaS event at the world famous Rockefeller Center.
After a great dinner hosted at world by the organizers, one of the attendees and I were chatting about technology when we realized we both were going to take the same LIRR train. He mentioned taking it from Grand Central and I said I hadn’t used it yet. So off we went.
What an incredible experience. The train tracks are nearly 150 feet beneath the city. That is nearly 15 stories DEEP. That’s deeper than the tallest buildings in many cities.
Imagine the marvel of engineering this is as I looked at the view from the escalator. it leads to the $12 Billion station that’s 350,000 square feet (33,000 square meters)! It took basically a century from idea to conception but what an amazing feat. I’ll post a video later. As you can tell, I ❤️ NY!
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Technical University Munich Germany Education Mechanical Engineering Building Interior Nighttime Architecture Detail Facility Department October 23 2016
A 'wonky' perspective of a neighborhood condominium:
"..in this frame I attempted to make the structure appear like a circuit-board macro." ~Tomitheos
R.I.P.
Dedicated to Toronto Photographer:
Andrew MacNaughtan (born February 25, 1964 died January 24, 2012)
Copyright © 2012 Tomitheos Photography - All Rights Reserved
Toronto, CANADA
Explore #389 on January 27, 2012
Maasvlakte, Rotterdam. Boorplatform. Eigenaar in Dallas, varend onder de vlag van Liberia. Aparte wereld.
Il s’agit d’un détail de l'une des machines-outils qui servaient à l’usinage de pièces destinées à la construction navale à l’arsenal de Brest. Ces machines sont exposées dans la salle dite « Place des Machines » de l’immense Atelier des Capucins.
This is a detail of one of the machine tools used for the machining of parts intended for shipbuilding at the Brest dockyard. These machines are exhibited in the "Place des Machines" exhibition hall of the huge “Capucins Workshop”.
Caliper -
Caliper is a device used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object. A caliper can be as simple as a compass with inward or outward-facing points. The tips of the caliper are adjusted to fit across the points to be measured, the caliper is then removed and the distance read by measuring between the tips with a measuring tool, such as a ruler.
A dramatic view of the A-2 Test Stand, Mississippi Test Facility (MTF), Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The Saturn V second stage all-systems test/dynamics test vehicle (S-II-T/D) can be seen surrounded by scaffolding & work platforms. The rims of at least three of the five Rocketdyne J-2 nozzles/thrust chambers can be seen along the lowest walkway/access platform, just above the row of three lights near the center of the photograph. Also, for scale, three gentlemen can be seen near the lower left-hand corner of the test stand, in front of the curving blast deflector segments.
The eventual destination beckons in the night sky.
The "border" within the image appears to be in the photo. No matter what light sources or angles I've applied, it does not appear to be removable.
An identical photo, bearing a stamped date of April 9, 1966, would then identify this photograph as being taken shortly before the first static test of the S-II-T. Per the online version of the “Saturn Illustrated Chronology - Part 7, January 1966 through December 1966”:
“On April 23 workmen at MTF successfully captive-fired for 15 seconds S-II-T, the Saturn V second stage all-systems test vehicle. This was the first test of a flight-weight S-II stage. The stage, largest and most powerful liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen stage known, developed one million pounds of thrust from its five J-2 engines. This test also marked the first operational use of MTF.”
At:
history.nasa.gov/MHR-5/part-7.htm
Also…note this identifies the 23 April static firing as “the first operational use of the A-2 stand.”
At:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stennis_Space_Center
Credit: Wikipedia
In fact, both above assertions are true. The first operational A-2 Test Stand firing was also the first operational use of MTF...space history.
www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/pdf/428016main_FS-2010-02-00...
Finally, from the same NASA document cited above and pertinent to the S-II-T:
“Early in 1966 MSFC formally redesignated the S-II all-systems stage (S-II-T) as the all-systems test/dynamics test stage (S-II-T/D).”
As a true ‘first’- on two counts - the effort put forth in capturing this dramatic composition was merited.
The other photograph referenced:
www.vintagenasaphotographs.com/shop/rocket-testing-facili...
Credit: “VINTAGE NASA PHOTOGRAPHS” website
See also:
www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/about/history/66-1443c.html
And:
~*Photography Originally Taken By: www.CrossTrips.Com Under God*~
Shipping container architecture is a form of architecture utilizing steel shipping containers as structural element, because of their inherent strength, wide availability and relatively low cost.
Advantages
Strength and durability
Shipping containers are in many ways an ideal building material. They are designed to carry heavy loads and support heavy loads when they are stacked in high columns. They are also designed to resist harsh environments - they are transported globally on ocean going vessels or can be covered in road salt when transported on roads.
Modular
All shipping containers are made to the same standard measurements and as such they provide modular elements that can be combined into larger structures. This simplifies design, planning and transport. As they are already designed to interlock for ease of mobility during transportation, structural construction is completed by simply emplacing them. Due to the containers' modular design additional construction is as easy as stacking more containers. They can be stacked up to 12 high when empty.
Transport
Pre-fabricated modules can also be easily transported by ship, truck or rail, because they already conform to standard shipping sizes.
Availability
Used shipping containers are available across the globe. In cases where a company or country receives more containers than it can use to ship in the return directions these containers have no real use, since it is not cost effective to return empty containers to their origin.
Cost
Many used containers are available at a cost that is relatively low compared to a finished structure built by other labour-intensive means such as bricks and mortar — which also require larger more expensive foundations. Construction involves very little labour and a used shipping containers requiring only simple modification can be purchased from major transportation companies for as little as $900 USD each. Even when purchased brand new they seldom cost more than $6000 USD.
Disadvantages
Temperature
Steel conducts heat very well; containers used for human occupency in an environment with extreme temperature variations will normally have to be better insulated than most brick, block or wood structures. Spraying two coats of a Ceramic powder additive in spray paint a insulation value of R-28 thermal efficiency can be achieved, thus no traditional insulation is required for heat or cold.[citation needed]
Labour
The welding and cutting of steel is considered to be specialized labour and can increase construction costs, yet overall the costs are still lower than conventional construction.
Construction site
The containers will, in most cases, be delivered by truck and then must be emplaced by a crane or forklift. Traditional brick, block and lumber construction will also be delivered by truck. However, these materials often require a forklift to remove the pallets of materials, and might need a crane to lift them to upper stories.
Building permits
The use of steel for construction, while prevalent in industrial construction, is currently not yet widely used for residential structures. Obtaining building permits may be troublesome in some regions due to municpalities not having seen this application before.
Examples
Many structures based on shipping containers have already been constructed, and their uses, sizes, locations and appearances vary widely.
When futurist Stewart Brand needed a place to assemble all the material he needed to write How Buildings Learn, he converted a shipping container into office space, and wrote up the conversion process in the same book.
In 2006, Southern California Architect Peter DeMaria [1], designed the first two story shipping container home in the U.S. as an approved structural system under the strict guidelines of the nationally recognized Uniform Building Code (UBC).
Several architects, such as Adam Kalkin have built original homes, using discarded shipping containers for their parts or using them in their original form, or doing a mix of both.[2]
In 2000, the firm Urban Space Management completed the project called Container City I in the Trinity Buoy Wharf area of London. The firm has gone on to complete additional container-based building projects, with more underway. In 2006, the Dutch company Tempohousing[3] finished in Amsterdam the biggest container village in the world[4]: 1,000 student homes from modified shipping containers from China.
In 2002 standard ISO shipping containers began to be modified and used as stand-alone on-site wastewater treatment plants [5]. The use of containers creates a cost-effective, modular, and customizable solution to on-site wastewater treatment and eliminates the need for construction of a separate building to house the treatment system.
Markets
Empty shipping containers are commonly used as market stalls and warehouses in the countries of the former USSR.
The biggest shopping mall or organized market in Europe is made up of alleys formed by stacked containers, on 170 acres (69 ha) of land, between the airport and the central part of Odessa, Ukraine. Informally named "Tolchok" and officially known as the Seventh-Kilometer Market it has 16,000 vendors and employs 1,200 security guards and maintenance workers.
In Central Asia, the Dordoy Bazaar in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, almost entirely composed of double-stacked containers, is of comparable size. It is popular with travelers coming from Kazakhstan and Russia to take advantage of the cheap prices and plethora of knock-off designers.
Other uses
* Press Boxes[1]
* Emergency hurricane shelters for thoroughbred horses
* Concession Stands[2]
* Fire Training Facility[3]
* Military Training Facility[4]
* Emergency shelters
* School buildings
* Urban homes
* Rural homes
* Apartment and office buildings
* Artists' studios
* Stores
* Large houses
* Moveable exhibition spaces on rails
* Telco hubs
* Bank vaults
* Medical clinics
* Radar stations
* Shopping malls
* Sleeping rooms
* Recording Studios
* Abstract art
* Transportable factories
* Data centers (in the form of Project Blackbox)
* Experimental labs
* Clandestine Cannabis gardens
* Combatant Temporary Containment (ventilated)
* Bathrooms
* Showers
* Workshops
* Intermodal sealed storage on ships, trucks, and trains
* House Foundations on unstable seismic zones
* Elevator/stairwell shafts
Containers used for housing and other architecture
In North America, containers are in many ways an ideal building material, because they are strong, durable, stackable, cuttable, movable, modular, plentiful and relatively cheap. It is not surprising then that architects as well as laypeople have utilized them to build homes, offices, apartments, schools, dormitories, artists' studios, emergency shelters and many other uses. They are also used to provide temporary secure spaces on construction sites and other venues on "as is" basis instead of building shelters.
During the 1991 Gulf War ("Desert Storm"), containers saw considerable nonstandard uses, not only as makeshift shelters but also for the transportation of Iraqi prisoners of war. Holes were cut in the containers to allow for ventilation and there were no reported ill effects from this method. Containers continue to be used for military shelters, often additionally fortified by adding sandbags to the side walls to protect against weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades ("RPGs").
The abundance and relative cheapness during the last decade comes from the deficit in manufactured goods coming from North America in the last two decades. These manufactured goods come to North America from Asia and, to a lesser extent, Europe, in containers that often have to be shipped back empty ("deadhead"), at considerable expense. It is often cheaper to buy new containers in China and elsewhere in Asia, and to try to find new applications for the used containers that have reached their North American cargo destination.
See also
* Containerization
* Prefab
Suzuki GSX750 Inazuma 1998 mod
The orange reflection is my KTM Duke standing next to Suzi here in the afternoon sunlight. Neat:)
"A mock-up of the NASA F-1 engine, which develops 1.5 million pounds thrust. Five of these engines will power the first stage of the Saturn V moon rocket."
Note the missing turbine exhaust manifold, commonly seen to girdle the 'nozzle' of the engine, at the thrust chamber and nozzle extension interface.
Excellent F-1 reading:
www.thespacereview.com/article/3724/1
Credit: The Space Review website
This is a submission in reply to one of the recent threads in BP.
I know a title intermixed with German letterheads sounds confusing and somewhat distorted. But as always, I'm a thrill-seeker, with a sick fetish for mutilating the language I use :)
Onto the actual motif. A friend of mine asked me to submit a photograph as a memoir to the oncoming "Valentine's Day", a day when consumerists all over the world rejoice at their share market gains while true love becomes desolate, lost in a morose confusion of elemental happiness.
I know, I'm being too emo...perhaps because I haven't yet found that "perfect" someone. For me, the most influential lady in my life so far has been...yeah, my mom. Thats why, this Valentine, being the no good Mechanical Engineering student I'm, I've decided to draft the perfect heart for my mom complete with centerlines, arrowheads,a sleek engineering compass and accompanying dimensions that say " alpha (infinity) millimeters....eternally through". That might be too difficult an engineering jargon for most people to understand...just take it as a heartless son's gift to his mom.
PS: Larger View recommended. The chrome became kinda dull after Flickr processed this image.
PPS: If you too know the art of "Drafting", I'd very much appreciate it if you don't try to find errors within my hasteful work. Because, on this instant, when actual grades are not concerned, I don't give a damn about conventions :D
Update: This photograph won the 'Signature Award- under the catagory "Still Life" on Dailyawards
Photo credit: Hayden Clarkin
@the_transit_guy
This is an aerial photograph of the Takaosan Interchange, located in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
For more information:
nickeyscircle.com/complex-highway-interchange-japan/
The interchange can be viewed using Google Images' satellite imagery.
www.google.com/maps/place/Takaosan+IC,+Minamiasakawamachi...
Honorary Doctor and Keynote Speaker, Julie Payette, Chief Executive Officer at the Montreal Science Centre and former Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency speaking at one of BC Institute of Technology's 2016 Graduations on Thursday, June 23, 2016
The Y101 Chopper flies from the west, banking towards the north and around the crown regency hotel building.
January 18, 2009
Sinulog Festival
Fuente Osmena
Cebu City, Philippines
Fire at James Weir Building, University of Strathclyde
I have an office in this building, on the floor of the fire, who knows what it looks like now.
The fire can be seen in the centre of the image, along with the smoke filled windows throughout the building.
The fire was reported on bbc news:
"More than 50 firefighters have tackled a major blaze at Strathclyde University in Glasgow.
Crews were called to the James Weir Building in Montrose Street at about 19:16.
It houses part of the engineering faculty and Strathclyde Fire and Rescue said the presence of hazardous chemicals complicated their operations.
There were no reports of injuries. Neighbouring buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
Deputy Assistant Chief Officer Jim Doyle, from Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, said: "Firefighters fought through acrid smoke and intense heat in an extremely complex building with interlinking corridors to fight this fire.
"Operations are still under way, but crews have made good progress in controlling the blaze to this point. We anticipate being on the scene into tomorrow as we continue to deal with this incident."
A spokesman for the university said: "The campus will be open as normal tomorrow but the James Weir building will be closed to enable a thorough investigation to be carried out.
"Classes due to take place in the building have been cancelled.""
Wei Lu, a U-M professor of mechanical engineering using a scanning electron microscope to look at the battery electrode structure at the Lu Lab at the George G. Brown Laboratories building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
To understand how batteries operate over a lifetime they must be cycled through being charged and discharged thousands of times. Lu said, "“We can now use machine learning technology to dramatically accelerate battery testing and optimization.”
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Mechanical engineering senior Elisa Paul of Greensburg, Pa., shows off a tissue scaffold she designed and printed using Solidworks and a 3-D printer at the Learning Factory. The work, part of her honors thesis, is a collaboration between the colleges of Engineering and Medicine. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)
“When it opened on 17 December 2004, Millau Viaduct set new standards in both planning design and construction, as well as the record as one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in Europe.
At 2.4km long and 270m above the river at its highest point, the Millau viaduct spans a 2km valley in the Massif Central mountain range and forms the final link in the A75 highway from Paris to Barcelona.
The road has two lanes in each direction and costs €400m, which will be recouped by the builder, Eiffage, under a 75-year concession.
The Millau Viaduct rest area, which can be accessed from the A75 motorway or from Millau via the D911 and the Boulevard du Viaduct roads, was inaugurated in July 2017. The viaduct reached a threshold of five million vehicles for the first time on 29 December 2017.”
www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/millau_viaduct/
Further reading:
www.tourisme-aveyron.com/en/millau-viaduct/discover-milla...
Mechanical engineering senior Elisa Paul of Greensburg, Pa., shows off a tissue scaffold she designed and printed using Solidworks and a 3-D printer at the Learning Factory. The work, part of her honors thesis, is a collaboration between the colleges of Engineering and Medicine. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)
Mechanical engineering senior Elisa Paul of Greensburg, Pa., shows off a tissue scaffold she designed and printed using Solidworks and a 3-D printer at the Learning Factory. The work, part of her honors thesis, is a collaboration between the colleges of Engineering and Medicine. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)
“This is the most powerful rocket engine in production in the United States. It is the F-1, which will be used in the Saturn 5 first stage (S-IC) in a cluster of five engines developing 7.5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. The Saturn 5 will carry astronauts to the moon before 1970.”
Note the numerous anti-theft tags on the F-1's thrust chamber - to thwart any would-be shoplifter from rolling off with it.
And...I think that's Michael Rennie at its base! Good to see he got a regular gig at NAA after "TDTESS" and the epic "Lost In Space: The Keeper" two-parter!
See/read also:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4205/ch7-6.html
Excellent F-1 reading:
www.thespacereview.com/article/3724/1
Credit: The Space Review website
Also:
alternatewars.com/SpaceRace/SP-4205/images/c184a.jpg
With the following description/caption:
"The F-1 engine at upper left, one of five fitted into the Saturn V's S-IC first stage, being prepared at the Rocketdyne plant in California for shipment to the Michoud launch vehicle assembly plant in Louisiana."
The U.S. Air Force C-131 known as the Total-In-Flight Simulator made its final flight to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 7. The unusual aircraft flew some 2,500 research flights and contributed to the advancement of many of the flight technologies integral to today's fleet. Prior to its retirement, the TIFS, a 1955 Convair, was the oldest operating aircraft in the Air Force inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)
Origin: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Text: Mechanical engineering and metalworking
34 billion rubles (1960)
334-375 billion rubles (1980)
The Volga-Vyatka Economic Council
Year: 1964
Wei Lu, a U-M professor of mechanical engineering cycling batteries in the Lu Lab at the George G. Brown Laboratories building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
To understand how batteries operate over a lifetime they must be cycled through being charged and discharged thousands of times. Lu said, "“We can now use machine learning technology to dramatically accelerate battery testing and optimization.”
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Honorary Doctor and Keynote Speaker, Julie Payette, Chief Executive Officer at the Montreal Science Centre and former Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency speaking at one of BC Institute of Technology's 2016 Graduations on Thursday, June 23, 2016
A towering "Tin Man" greets visitors to the courtyard between Lind Hall and the new mechanical engineering facilities. The whimsical "Platonic Figure," a 35-foot-tall, 6,000-pound stainless steel statue stands on seven-foot limestone columns near the Mechanical Engineering Building's south entrance. Award-winning Minneapolis sculptor Andrew Leicester, who has created 20 major public artworks in the U.S., designed the sculpture as a tribute to Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing "Vitruvian Man."
The piece, dubbed Tin Man by University faculty and staff, stands with feet apart, arms raised, holding a curved steel bar. The sculpture's torso and limbs are created with conical forms, while its helmet-like head is reminiscent of robots depicted in 1950s pop culture.
Tradition says that bad luck curse to those who dare walk between its legs.
“This massive steel casting supports the Saturn V space vehicle on the launcher and serves as a base for the release mechanism. Design of the casting by James D. Phillips (shown) won first prize in the 1965 steel casting design contest of the Steel Founders’ Society of America. Phillips is associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration center [MSFC] at Huntsville, Ala.”
See also:
www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_US/apollo/lanceurs/h...
Credit: CAPCOM ESPACE website
See/read also:
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4204/images/m287b.jpg
www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-4204/ch13-4.html
ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760012107...
In operation during the launch of Apollo 11:
Credit: Spacecraft Films/Mark Gray/YouTube