1. Transportation Systems

2. What is Transportation?
The process by which people or goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.
Four basic types:
Land
Air
Water
Space

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

4. Air
The use of airplanes and/or helicopters to lift passengers and/or cargo into the air in order to move from place to place.

5. Water
The use of water to support the vessel in the transport of people or goods.

6. Space
Systems that move people and goods outside the earth’s atmosphere.

7. 6 Transportation Subsystems
Propulsion
Suspension
Control
Guidance
Structural
Support
Interrelated parts that work together to make vehicles move!

8. 6 Transportation Subsystems
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.

9. 6 Transportation Subsystems
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.

10. 6 Transportation Subsystems
3. 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)

11. 6 Transportation Subsystems
Structural systems
the basic framework of the vehicle.
accommodate a vehicle’s cargo and form
a.k.a.: chassis, body, hull or fuselage
Support systems
Used to maintain vehicles.
Services and keeps everything working
Garage, gas stations, mechanics, control tower, marinas, NASA

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

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