Starting Air System
Purpose of Air Start System: · A high pressured compressed air will start cranking the flywheel for a kick start on the crankshaft rotary motion process. · The energy produced from rotary…
Block Diagram Reduction
Block Diagram Reduction Rules Follow these rules for simplifying (reducing) the block diagram, which is having many blocks, summing points and take-off points. · Rule 1 − Check for the blocks connected…
Block Diagrams
Basic Elements of Block Diagram The basic elements of a block diagram are a block, the summing point and the take-off point. Let us consider the block diagram of a…
Fuel Oil System
Essential Components: · Fuel Pump · Fuel Injector · Fuel Delivery Pipe Fuel pump: · Deliver a specific amount of fuel into cylinder through fuel delivery pipe and injector. The start and stop of…
Control Systems – Feedback
f either the output or some part of the output is returned to the input side and utilized as part of the system input, then it is known as feedback. Feedback…
Aircraft flight control system
A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight. Aircraft engine controls are also considered…
Understanding a marine diesel engine
2-stroke Cross-Sectional View 4 – stroke cross-sectional view Function of Parts Parts in alphabetical order. No.PartsDefinition/Function1Connecting Rod· Changes the reciprocating motion of piston into rotary motion at crankshaft· Transmits the power produced…
Analogies of Mechanical Systems
Two systems are said to be analogous to each other if the following two conditions are satisfied. The two systems are physically differentDifferential equation modelling of these two systems are same Electrical…
Hydraulic systems
A hydraulic system circulates the same fluid repeatedly from a fixed reservoir that is part of the prime mover. The fluid is an almost non-compressible liquid, so the actuators it…
Introduction
How does an engine works? How does the engine start up in the first place? How does the reciprocating motion of the piston converts to rotary motion of the propeller? How…
