Engineering Outlook

The  auto industry  is set to transition to the  BS6  regime in April 2020, in keeping with the Supreme Court’s diktat. This is not the first time that manufacturers have had to reconfigure their  engines  to meet  emission control norms . The Bharat Stage (BS) norms, which are based on  European emission standards , were initially rolled out in 2000. Subsequent iterations, BS2 and BS3, came into effect in 2001 and 2005 respectively. However, it wasn’t until  BS4  was implemented that emission levels were capped at levels comparable to global standards. In 2016, the government decided to skip BS5 in favour of devising a more stringent standard to check rising pollution from vehicular exhausts. After much deliberation and extensions, it was decided that the final deadline for the implementation of BS6 norms would be April 2020. How is BS6 different from BS4? The new emission standard will require both automobile manufacturers as well a...

Drones in Engineering: Innovative Technology Drones can be used to take photographs for Areal Survey of Geological areas where Mineral Ores can  be found in different layers of Rocks.Pilotless planes like Drones can be used for preparing maps and guidelines for marking the mineral rich areas of India.National Resources of India include Mineral Ores and Rich Alluvial soils also.Alluvial and Black cotton soils very suitable for Agriculture. Some of Areas containing  these Soils produce different types of Crops two to three times a year.So Drones can be used for preparing a map of Areas where productivity of Crops are high. There are many places in villages And Forests which are not easy to Survey by Human Surveyers. Photogrammatic Surveys become too costly and cannot give sufficient information due to high speed of Aeroplanes and unclear sight of Cameras.So in these  type of cases Pilot-less Aero-models like Drones can be used. Another type of National Resources of India ...