Publicity photo of a first-generation Union Pacific GTEL locomotive and a circa-1923 electric auto in Fremont, Neb. The auto was owned by a local woman and the locomotive was on its way west to haul ...

Pre-swirl systems are a critical component in modern gas turbine engines, designed to condition the cooling airflow before it reaches the turbine rotor blades. By imparting a controlled rotational ...

The history of the gas turbine can be traced back to 150 BC, when a Greek inventor, philosopher, and geometrician, Hero, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, invented a toy called the “Aeolipile.” The toy ...

DARPA will kick off development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine (HMGT) engine with a 15-month project worth up to $40 million to define the architecture and set the conceptual design, the agency said Sept.

Lately, much of the news about 3D printing metals is aimed at improving end production: bigger parts, made faster, from new materials. But what about speeding up the prototyping process of large ...

During the Jet Age - the '50s and '60s - the automotive world was associated with unbridled optimism: as science and engineering made leaps and bounds, promising a better world for the future, concept ...

For more than 100 years, the internal combustion engine (ICE) has been the mechanism of choice for vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Across all configurations, the principle is the same: a mix of fuel ...