Internal combustion engine handbook : basics, components, systems, and perspectives

✍ Scribed by Richard Van Basshuysen; Fred Schäfer

• Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 874
• Series: Society of Automotive Engineers.; Electronic publications
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Thorough in its presentation, this essential resource illustrates the latest level of knowledge in engine development, paying particular attention to the presentation of theory and practice in a balanced ratio. Almost 950 pages in length - with 1,250 illustrations and nearly 700 bibliographical references - the Internal Combustion Engine Handbook covers all of this component's complexities, including an insightful look into the internal combustion engine's future viability. Read more...

Abstract:

Illustrating the latest level of knowledge in engine development, paying particular attention to the presentation of theory and practice, this handbook covers all of this component's complexities, including an insightful look into the internal combustion engine's future viability. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Historical review --
2. Definition and classification of reciprocating piston engines --
3. Characteristics --
4. Maps --
5. Thermodynamic fundamentals --
6. Crank gears --
7. Engine components --
8. Lubrication --
9. Friction --
9.1. Parameters --
9.2. Friction states --
10. Charge cycle --
11. Supercharging of internal combustion engines --
12. Mixture formation and related systems --
13. Ignition --
14. Combustion --
15. Combustion systems --
16. Electronics and mechanics for engine management and transmission shift control --
17. The powertrain --
18. Sensors --
19. Actuators --
20. Cooling of internal combustion engines --
21. Exhaust emissions --
22. Operating fluids --
23. Filtration of operating fluids --
24. Calculation and simulation --
25. Combustion diagnostics --
26. Fuel consumption --
27. Noise emissions --
28. Alternative propulsion systems --
29. Outlook.