Abstract

America’s energy crunch— something new for a country that has been used to great affluence. America’s smog— an eye stinging, lung burning situation which the Environmental Protection Agency has "promised" to rectify. These are two outstanding problems that face the engineer and scientist of today. The end of the era of cheap gasoline has brought the beginnings of a quiet revolution to Detroit: an improvement in the efficiency, economy and emission level of the American automobile. Word has penetrated to the automotive engineers that the emissions level, fuel economy and automobile safety are the prime design considerations for the automobile of the future.

Degree

PhD

College and Department

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; Mechanical Engineering

Rights

http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright

Date Submitted

1975-4

Document Type

Dissertation

Handle

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/Letd9

Keywords

Automobiles — Motors — Exhaust gas, Automobiles — Fuel consumption, Automobiles — Motors (Compressed-gas)

Language

English

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