Internal Combustion Engines : Applied Thermosciences by Colin R. Ferguson by Colin R. Ferguson

ISBN: 0471881295

Publisher: John Wiley, 1986

Hardcover, 560 pages

This modern textbook on internal combustion engines covers methods of analysis, issues in engine design and experimental methods. The author draws on all the student has learned in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and numerical methods to illustrate methods of analysis in a complex real world situation. The text is unusual in its presentation of cycle analysis with computer calculated thermodynamic properties instead of tables and charts. The book also includes a variety of challenging homework problems. Although most of the material is presented in SI units, units such as calorie, rpm and bar are also used., Focusing on thermodynamic analysis--from the requisite first law to more sophisticated applications--and engine design, here is a modern introduction to internal combustion engines and their mechanics. It covers the many types of internal combustion engines, including spark ignition, compression ignition, and stratified charge engines, and examines processes, keeping equations of state simple by assuming constant specific heats. Equations are limited to heat engines and later applied to combustion engines. Topics include realistic equations of state, stoichiometry, predictions of chemical equilibrium, engine performance criteria, and friction, which is discussed in terms of the hydrodynamic theory of lubrication and experimental methods such as dimensional analysis.