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Transformation of Society by Engineering
Engineering in the Modern World
Prof. Michael Littman Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University
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Three Perspectives on Engineering
Scientific: formulas as relationships
Social: contexts for
construction
Symbolic: changes in
vision
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Symbolic
Transformation of Vision
Thomas Cole
1828 - 1846
Landscape with a dead tree
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Landscape with a dead tree The Pic-Nic
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The Pic-Nic
Steamboat
Steam Tractor
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Building an Urban Society
structuresmachines
networksprocesses
Steamboat
Steam Tractor
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Building an Urban Society
structuresmachines
networksprocesses
Process: Blast Furnace
Fe2O3+3C+(3/2)O2
2Fe+3CO2
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Process: Blast Furnace
Fe2O3+3C+(3/2)O2
2Fe+3CO2
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Transforming raw materials into valuable products
What?Process: Blast Furnace
Fe2O3+3C+(3/2)O2
2Fe+3CO2
History: Iron
Public Environment and Private Profit
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Transforming raw materials into valuable products
Where?Process: Blast Furnace
Fe2O3+3C+(3/2)O2
2Fe+3CO2
Coalbrookdale
London
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Process: Blast Furnace
Fe2O3+3C+(3/2)O2
2Fe+3CO2
Who? When? Why?
Transforming raw materials into valuable products
People: Iron
Abraham Darby I1708 – 1712
What is the Innovation?
• Smelting Iron Ore with Coal• Limestone removes sulfur• Cost greatly reduced
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Building an Urban Society
structuresmachines
networksprocesses
Structures: Metal Bridge
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Where?Structures: Metal Bridge
Transforming the environment
Menai
Craigellachie
London
Coalbrookdale
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Structures: Metal Bridge
Transforming the environment
What?
History: Metal Bridge
Politics of Public Works
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Structures: Metal BridgeWho? When? Why?
Transforming the environment
People: Metal Bridge
Thomas Telford1814 – 1824
What is the Innovation?
• New material - New form• Structural Art• Safety and Commerce• Public Works Entrepreneur
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Structures: Metal BridgeHow?
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Structures: Cable or Arch
Vertical Weight : ql
Transformed by Form : l/d
Into Horizontal Force : H
H = q l2
8 d
Economics – Art – Science
How?
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DEMONSTRATION OF CABLE BRIDGE – Tension, Compression, Anchor, Load, Cable, Tower
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Structures: Cable or Arch
Vertical Weight : ql
Transformed by Form : l/d
Into Horizontal Force : H
H = q l2
8 d
Economics – Art – Science
Modern Art of Structures
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Machine: Automobile Modern Art of Structures
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Machine: Automobile Modern Art and Machines
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Machine: Automobile
Transforming America’s Economy
What?
History: Automobile
Economics of Private Enterprise
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Machine: Automobile
Transforming America’s Economy
People: Automobile
Henry Ford1908 – 1927
What is the innovation?
• Vision of a universal car• Internal combustion engine• Assembly line• Higher wages
Who? When? Why?
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33000
PLANHp
P = pressure L = strokeA = areaN = frequency
Machine: AutomobileHow?
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Machines: Reciprocating Engine
Piston Force : PA
Transformed by Velocity : LN
Into Horsepower : Hp
Hp = PLAN
33000
33000
PLANHp
P = pressure L = strokeA = areaN = frequency
How?
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DEMONSTRATION OF PING-PONG ROCKET – Fuel-Air, temperature rise, pressure rise, seven-fold
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Network: Telephone
Transforming daily life
What?
History: Telephone
Public Network and Regulated Private Company
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Transforming daily life
People: Telephone
Alexander Graham BellThomas Edison1876 – 1893; 1893 – 1905
What is the innovation?
• Idea of speaking at a distance• Loudspeaker and microphone• Piggy-back on existing telegraph• Single vendor for long lines
Who? When? Why?Network: Telephone
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Transforming daily life
How?Network: Telephone
Battery, Receivers, and Transmitters in Series
Sound waves converted to waves of current and back
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DEMONSTRATION OF Telephone and Amplifier – Sound to variable resistance; variable current to soundVacuum-tube Amplifier allows transcontinental call
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Hudson River 1807
Mississippi River 1824
Machine: Steamboat
Transforming Politics
What?
History: Steamboat
Economics of Private Enterprise and Politics of Public Control
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Transforming Politics
People: Steamboat
Robert FultonRobert Livingston1807 – 1815
What is the innovation?
• Steam-power paddleboat - Patent• Albany Monopoly• Supreme Court breaks Monopoly• High pressure steam for profit• Congress regulates for safety
Who? When? Why?
Hudson River 1807
Mississippi River 1824
Machine: Steamboat
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Transforming Politics
How?
High Pressure Boiler
Hudson River 1807
Mississippi River 1824
Machine: Steamboat
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Samuel Clemens – Mark TwainRiverboat PilotLife on the MississippiBeauty and the Danger
Hudson River 1807
Mississippi River 1824
Machine: Steamboat
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ENGINEERING IN THE MODERN WORLD
The Age of Iron and Steel
1. Independence, Iron, and Industry: 1776-1855
2. Connecting the Continent: 1830-1876
The Age of Power and Speed
3. The Rise of the Great American Industries: 1876-1939
4. Regional Restructuring 1921-1964
5. Information and Infrastructure: 1946-
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ENGINEERING IN THE MODERN WORLD
The Age of Iron and Steel
1. Independence, Iron, and Industry: 1776-1855
2. Connecting the Continent: 1830-1876
The Age of Power and Speed
3. The Rise of the Great American Industries: 1876-1939
4. Regional Restructuring 1921-1964
5. Information and Infrastructure: 1946-
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Mondrian 1932
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Mondrian 1932Mondrian 1942-43
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Mondrian 1942-43
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Course Objectives
What are the great modern works of engineering?
Who are the key people?
What did they do?
What is a radical innovation?
How, when, where, and why do innovations happen?
How has the modern world been transformed by engineering?