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Rocket Science 101: Fuel, engine and nozzle
This is the third in a series of posts on rocket science. Part I covered the history of rocketry and Part II dealt with…
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Governing of IC Engines
(1) In petrol engines control is accomplished by means of a throttle valve which is placed in the intake manifold…
Basics 10 min read
Rocket Science 101: Lightweight rocket shells
This is the fourth and final part of a series of posts on rocket science. Part I covered the history of rocketry, Part…
Marine diesel engine 2 min read
Methods of Starting IC Engines
Starting devices are commonly employed with compression ignition engines and especially with the engines fitted with turbulence combustion chambers. Petrol…
Basics 19 min read
Supersonic Aerodynamics: Designing Rocket Nozzles
One of the most basic equations in fluid dynamics is Bernoulli’s equation: the relationship between pressure and velocity in a…
Marine diesel engine 2 min read
Supercharging of IC Engines
Supercharging is the name given to the process of increasing the pressure of the air-fuel mixture entering a petrol engine…
Basics 12 min read
Composite Materials and Renewables: Wind Energy
In the aerospace industry the benefits of exploiting the excellent specific strength and stiffness properties of composites in terms of…
Marine diesel engine 3 min read
Construction of IC Engines
Fig. 13-15 shows the mechanical elements of the reciprocating I.C. engine. The piston which reciprocates in the cylinder is made…
Basics 5 min read
The DeHavilland Comet Crash
(Photo Comet) The DeHavilland Comet was the first production commercial jet airliner that went into service in 1952. The earliest production aircraft…
Marine diesel engine 1 min read
Classification of IC Engines
There are no standard methods or ways of classifying I.C. Engines. They may be classified in many ways such as…
Basics 6 min read
Introduction to Composite Materials
Throughout the last four decades the exploitation of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) in engineering structures has been steadily diversifying from sports…
Basics 6 min read
Jet Engine Detail Design – The Compressor
In this topic the design of jet engine compressors will be discussed leading to the definition of ballpark performance parameters.…
