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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 2.61 (Spring 2004) 
  • Course Title:
  • Internal Combustion Engines 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Mechanical Engineering 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. John Heywood
    Prof. Wai Cheng 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 2.61 Internal Combustion Engines



    Spring 2004




    Course Highlights


    This course features  homework assignmentslabs and an extensive reading list.


    Course Description


    This course elaborates on the fundamentals of how the design and operation of internal combustion engines affect their performance, operation, fuel requirements, and environmental impact, study of fluid flow, thermodynamics, combustion, heat transfer and friction phenomena, and fuel properties, relevant to engine power, efficiency, and emissions, examination of design features and operating characteristics of different types of internal combustion engines: spark-ignition, diesel, stratified-charge, and mixed-cycle engines. The project section details the Engine Laboratory project. We have aimed this course for graduate and senior undergraduate students.
     

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