Engines: An Introduction - Softcover

Lumley, John L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521644895 ISBN 13: 9780521644891

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The internal combustion engine that powers the modern automobile has changed very little from its initial design of some eighty years ago. Unlike many high tech advances, engine design still depends on an understanding of basic fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. This text offers a fresh approach to the study of engines, with an emphasis on design and on fluid dynamics. Professor Lumley, a renowned fluid dynamicist, provides a lucid explanation of how air and fuel are mixed, how they get into the engine, what happens to them there, and how they get out again. Particular attention is given to the complex issue of pollution. Examples are taken from the early days of engine design, as well as the latest designs, such as stratified charge gasoline direct injection engines. It is intended that the text be used in conjunction with the Stanford Engine Simulation Program (ESP). This user-friendly, interactive software tool answers a significant need not addressed by other texts on engines.

About this title

About the Author

John L. Lumley is the Willis H. Carrier Professor of Engineering, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521644895
• ISBN 13: 9780521644891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272