Piston Engine 1

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Department of Air Transport

Synopsis:

Piston engine efficiency, duty cycles, stroke and compression ratio, engine layout and ignition. Engine power calculation. Measurement of key engine parameters: pressure, temperature, fuel flow. Engine design. Valve distributions. Starting systems. Engine exhaust systems. Engine cooling system.

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none

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Study Objective:

Introduction the quantities determining the performance characteristics of the piston engine, with the basic structural elements and other subsystems of the piston engine.

Study materials:

Ing. Josef Maršálek: Studijní modul 16 - Pístový motor. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., Brno 2005

Ing. Jindřich Kocáb, Ing. Josef Adamec: Letadlové motory. Nakladatelství Kant cz s.r.o., Praha 2000.

doc. Ing. Daniel Hanus, CSc. EUR ING: Pohon letadel, ČVUT Praha

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Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: