Outside the research lab.

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"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Chip off the old block--electrical systems and electronics in steam and historic diesel locomotives -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. On-board a 21st century steam locomotive -- 2.3. Electronics on-board a heritage steam locomotive -- 2.4. Keeping a 1960s diesel shunter on track -- 2.5. The electrical system for a vintage railroad observation car3. Driving force--the physics of sports cars -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Designing and creating a track day car -- 3.3. Materials used in supercars4. Hitting the road--physics and technology in vintage buses -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Horse-drawn buses -- 4.3. Restoring a vintage diesel bus.This book explores the physics and technology inherent to preserving and restoring old forms of transport as well as creating modern transport for today and for our future needs. This book provides readers with interesting insight into some of the diverse applications for physics outside of research laboratories. It also covers several different aspects of transport, ranging from the restoration of vintage buses to the materials used in the latest supercars.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Sharon Ann Holgate has a doctorate in experimental physics from the University of Sussex. She has worked for twenty years as a freelance science writer and broadcaster. She was a co-author on a children's science book called The Way Science Works, and a contributor to the popular science books 30-Second Quantum Theory and 30-Second Energy. She has written two other books: Understanding Solid State Physics, and Outside the Research Lab Volume 1: Physics in the arts, architecture and design.Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 16, 2018).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (chiefly color).

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