August 27, 2003

Modern Steam Engine?

I am currently watching a TV programme on BBC1 called "Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam". My crazy thought whilst watching it was the following.

This all our modern knowledge and technology, I can't help but wonder what a Steam Engine would look like if it was designed and built today. How efficient would it be? Would modern material like Carbon Fibre, Kevlar, etc be used? Is there computer systems that could be used to design it? Or is this just too crazy? (Please give me credit if you ever do decide to design/build a modern engine and was inspired by my ramblings)

Posted by Gadget17 at August 27, 2003 02:01 AM | 2003 Entries | TrackBack
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shure ill give you all the credit but do you have the funding of such a task? Posted by: david clark at January 18, 2024 06:55 PM
This is not a new idea: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993321 http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns9999537 http://auto.howstuffworks.com/air-car2.htm http://popularmechanics.com/science/research/2001/6/new_steam_technology/ Posted by: Simon at April 8, 2024 01:07 PM
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