Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice : Thermodynamics, Fluid Flow, Performance

Volume I Thermodynamics, Fluid Flow, Performance Introduction, Symbols, Units, Definitions 1(21) Air Cycles 22(18) Thermodynamics of Actual Working Fluids 40(27) Fuel-Air Cycles 67(40) The Actual Cycle 107(40) Air Capacity of Four-Stroke Engines 147(64) Two-Stroke Engines 211(55) Heat Losses 266(46) Friction, Lubrication, and Wear 312(50) Compressors, Exhaust Turbines, Heat Exchangers 362(39) Influence of Cylinder Size on Engine Performance 401(17) The Performance of Unsupercharged Engines 418(38) Supercharged Engines and Their Performance 456(67) Appendix 1 Symbols and Their Dimensions 495(5) 2 Properties of a Perfect Gas 500(3) 3 Flow of Fluids 503(7) 4 Analysis of Light-Spring Indicator Diagrams 510(4) 5 Heat Transfer by Forced Convection between a Tube and a Fluid 514(2) 6 Flow through Two Orifices in Series 516(2) 7 Stresses Due to Motion and Gravity in Similar Engines 518(2) 8 Basic Engine-Performance Equations 520(3) Bibliography 523(34) Charts C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 are folded in pocket attached to rear cover Index 557