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The readings referred to the table below are recommended readings from the text: Heywood, John B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. ISBN: 9780070286375.
| 1 | Overview | | | Basics of Engine Operation | Essential
Chapter 1 | | 2 | Engine Geometry | Essential
Section 2.2 | | Performance Parameters | Essential
Chapter 2 | | 3 | Engine Disassembly | | | In Lab | | | 4 | Ideal Cycle Analysis | Essential
Sections 5.1-5.4 | | Combustion Stoichiometry | Essential
Sections 3.1-3.4
Sections 3.7, 4.1, 4.3 (Working fluid properties)
Helpful
Section 3.5
Sections 4.2, 4.4, 4.9.1 (Working fluid properties) | | 5 | Fuel-air Cycle Model | Essential
Sections 4.5, 4.6, 5.5
Helpful
Section 4.7 | | Fuel-air Cycle Results | | | 6 | Gas Exchange: 4-Stroke | Essential
Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
Helpful
Section 6.3 | | Gas Exchange: 2-Stroke | Essential
Section 6.6
Sections 8.1, 8.2.1 (In-cylinder flows)
Helpful
Section 6.7
Sections 8.3-8.5 (In-cylinder flows) | | 7 | Spark-ignition Engine Combustion | Essential
Sections 9.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.3.1, 9.3.2, 9.4.1, 9.4.3
Helpful
Sections 9.2.1, 9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.4.2, 9.5.1 | | Flame Propagation and Structure | | | 8 | Recitation | | | 9 | Knock | Essential
Section 9.6.1
Helpful
Sections 9.6.2, 9.6.3 | | 10 | SI Engine Emissions | Essential
Sections 11.1, 11.2.1, 11.2.3, 11.3, 11.4.1, 11.4.3, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 7.4 | | SI Engine Emissions (cont.) | Essential
Sections 11.1, 11.2.1, 11.2.3, 11.3, 11.4.1, 11.4.3, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 7.4 | | 11 | Emission Control Technology | | | Review | | | 12 | Quiz (Duration: 1-1/2 hours) Open Book | | | 13 | Mixture Preparation | Essential
Sections 7.1, 7.3.1, 7.6
Table D4, p. 915 (Fuels)
Helpful
Section 7.5 | | Engine Friction | Essential
Sections 13.1 – 13.3, 13.5
Helpful
Section 13.6 | | 14 | Engine Heat Transfer | Essential
Sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Helpful
Sections 12.4, 12.7 | | 2-Stroke SIE Performance | Essential
Sections 15.1, 15.2
Helpful
Sections 15.3, 15.4 | | 15 | 4-Stroke SIE Performance | Essential
Sections 15.1, 15.2
Helpful
Sections 15.3, 15.4 | | 4-Stroke SIE Performance (cont.) | Essential
Sections 15.1, 15.2
Helpful
Sections 15.3, 15.4 | | 16 | Variable Valve Control | | | Gasoline DI Engines | | | 17 | Diesel Overview | | | Diesel Combustion | Essential
Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.7
Helpful
Sections 10.5, 10.6.1, 10.6.3
Sections 10.6.2, 10.6.5 (Diesel fuels) | | 18 | Diesel Emissions | Essential
Sections 11.2.4, 11.4.4, 11.5.2
Helpful
Sections 11.5, 11.6.4
Section 12.5 (Diesel heat transfer) | | Emission Control | | | 19 | Turbocharging | | | Diesel Performance | Essential
Sections 15.5, 15.7
Helpful
Section 15.6 | | 20 | 1-hour Lab Preparation | | | 21 | 2-hour Lab Session | | | 22 | Engine Noise | Essential
Section 7.6, "Engine Noise." In Heywood, J. B. and E. Sher, The Two-Stroke Cycle Engine. Philadelphia PA: Taylor and Francis, 1999.
| | Engine Dynamics | | | 23 | Future Engine Technology | | | Discussion | | | 24 | Final Exam (Duration: 3 hours) Open Book | |
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Corrections to the text Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals (PDF)
Chon, Dale M., and John B. Heywood. "Performance Scaling of Spark-Ignition Engines: Correlation and Historical Analysis of Production Engine Data."SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Technical Paper 2000-01-0565 (2000).
Berckmüller, M., et al. "Potentials of a Charged SI-Hydrogen Engine." SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Technical Paper 2003-01-3210 (2003).