Clutch Construction
The clutch is the first drive train component powered by the engine crankshaft. The clutch lets the driver control power flow between the engine and the transmission or transaxle. Before…
Automotive Clutches
An automotive clutch is used to connect and disconnect the engine and manual transmission or transaxle. The clutch is located between the back of the engine and the front of…
Internal Combustion Engines
Internal combustion engines are devices that generate work using the products of combustion as the working fluid rather than as a heat transfer medium. To produce work, the combustion is…
Advantages and Disadvantages Of Two-Stroke Cycle Over Four-Stroke Cycle Engines
Advantages: 1) The two-stroke cycle engine gives one working stroke for each revolution of the crankshaft. Hence theoretically the power developed for the same engine speed and cylinder volume is…
Comparison Of CI And SI Engines
The CI engine has the following advantages over the SI engine. 1. Reliability of the CI engine is much higher than that of the SI engine. This is because in…
Two-Stroke Cycle Petrol Engine
The two-cycle carburettor type engine makes use of an airtight crankcase for partially compressing the air-fuel mixture. As the piston travels down, the mixture previously drawn into the crankcase is…
Four-Stroke Spark Ignition Engine
In this gasoline is mixed with air, broken up into a mist and partially vaporized in a carburettor . The mixture is then sucked into the cylinder. There it is…
Two-Stroke Cycle Diesel Engine
The cycle of the four-stroke of the piston (the suction, compression, power and exhaust strokes) is completed only in two strokes in the case of a two-stroke engine. The air…
Principles of Operation Of IC Engines: Four-Stroke Cycle Diesel Engine
In four-stroke cycle engines there are four strokes completing two revolutions of the crankshaft. These are respectively, the suction, compression, power and exhaust strokes. In Fig. 3, the piston is…
Constructional Features of IC Engine
The cross section of IC engine is shown in Fig. 1. A brief description of these parts is given below. Cylinder: The cylinder of an IC engine constitutes the basic…
