Transportation Transportation SystemsSystems

What is What is TraTranspnsportaortationtion??• The process by which people or

goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.

Four basic types:

1. Land2. Air3. Water4. Space

LandLand

• Systems that move goods and people from one place to another on EARTH.

AirAir

• The use of airplanes and/or helicopters to

lift passengers and/or cargo into the air in

order to move from place to place.

WaterWater

• The use of water to support the

vessel in the transport of people

or goods.

SpaceSpace

• Systems that move people and

goods outside the earth’s

atmosphere.

6 Transportation 6 Transportation SubsystemsSubsystems

• Propulsion• Suspension• Control• Guidance• Structural• Support

Interrelated parts that work

together to make vehicles

move!

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Subsystem Example parts of vehicles

Propulsion Engine & Transmission

Suspension Springs, Wings, etc.

Control Steering, Brakes, etc.

Guidance Maps, GPS, Signs, etc.

Structural Chassis, Body, Fuselage

Support Garage, Gas Station, etc.

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1.Propulsion:• means to push

forward or drive an object forward

Latin words: – pro ~forwards – pellere ~ to drive.

The force to propel from a starting point

a machine/engine creates the push an object forward.

2. Suspension:• supports vehicles

weight.

• Makes ride more comfortable!

• Springs, shock absorbers wings, water, & fins

• CONNECTS a vehicle to its wheels.

6 Transportation Subsystems6 Transportation Subsystems3. Guidance systems

• Provide information concerning the control of the vehicle.

• Guidance systems can be simple or quite complex.

• Maps, GPS, traffic lights, keels, computers

4. Control systems

•Control speed and direction of a vehicle’s path.

•Steering & brakes, rudders & flaps, propellant (rockets)

6 Transportation Subsystems6 Transportation SubsystemsSupport systems

• Used to maintain vehicles.

• Services and keeps everything working

• Garage, gas stations, mechanics, control tower, marinas, NASA

Structural systems

•the basic framework of the vehicle.

•accommodate a vehicle’s cargo and form

• a.k.a.: chassis, body, hull or fuselage

What transportation sub-systems are What transportation sub-systems are present in this picture?present in this picture?

What term would you use to describe this portion of the boat?