Engineering Study of the Rotary-Vee Engine Concept

Engineering Study of the Rotary-Vee Engine Concept
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2018-07-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781722203535

The applicable thermodynamic cycle and performance considerations when the rotary-vee mechanism is used as an internal combustion (I.C.) heat engine are reviewed. Included is a simplified kinematic analysis and studies of the effects of design parameters on the critical pressures, torques and parasitic losses. A discussion of the principal findings is presented. Willis, Edward A. and Bartrand, Timothy A. and Beard, John E. Glenn Research Center RTOP 505-62-51...

Emerging Research in Rotary Engines and Sustainability in Vehicle Engineering

Emerging Research in Rotary Engines and Sustainability in Vehicle Engineering
Author: Cheng Shi
Publisher: Mdpi AG
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-01-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783725800261

With the development of new technologies, the attractiveness of the rotary engine's advantages is making a comeback in the minds of many designers. In recent years, driven by the progressive electrification of the automotive powertrain, new applications have emerged for the rotary engine in the automotive industry. This engine concept has also emerged as a range extender, especially due to its specific advantages such as simplicity, compactness, light weight, low vibration, and high efficiency. Therefore, the rotary engine has established itself as a formidable contender for some of the markets currently served by reciprocating engines in vehicle engineering. This reprint aims to provide a platform for researchers to share the latest advancements in the mixture organization, combustion improvement, and emission control of all rotary engine types and their sustainability in vehicle engineering.

Dream Car

Dream Car
Author: Dimitry Anastakis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 583
Release: 2024-03-26
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1487555857

Dream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state, as well as the history of the auto industry’s birth, decline, and rebirth. Written as an “open road,” the book invites readers to travel a narrative arc that unfolds chronologically and thematically. Dream Car’s seven chapters have been structured so that they can be read in any order, determined by whichever theme each reader finds most interesting. The book also includes a musical playlist of car songs from the era and songs about the SV1 itself.