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Why petrol engines called constant volume engines?
In a engine, well 99.9% of them the piston is conected to a crank via a conrod, as nothing changes during the strokes of the piston and the cylinder bores dont change. The swept volume of the stroke is always constant.
Piston in an engine is what class of lever?
Piston in an engine is in the first class of lever.
How can you use the word piston in a sentence?
The engine had a bad piston
What kind of energy does a car engine have?
A car engine transforms chemical energy into kinetic energy. The petrol is combined with air in the engine and set alight in an explosion. the force of the expanding gasses caused by this ignition pushes a piston which in turn turns the drive shaft and hence the wheels around.
Is the motion of a piston in an automobile engine simple harmonic?
No, it is not. The center of the crank end of the conrod IS a SHO (when the angular velocity is Const of course) , but the piston motion (i.e. piston pin) is NOT a SHO along the same axis. Well known fact in engine design.
What is the purpose of the crankshaft in a petrol engine?
The crankshaft converts the linear motion of the piston into rotation of the crankshaft.
What is PARTS of a piston in a petrol engine?
The piston includes the piston, rings, rod, rod bearing, and crankshaft bearing.
What types of petrol are used in piston engine aircraft?
Many use standard petrol, some use high octane petrol.
How do you check piston rings problem in petrol car engine?
by compression test
Why misfiring petrol injection engine?
Misfiring on a petrol injection engine is caused due to incorrect ignition timing. As the engine rotates, the timing determines when each piston fires or ignites.
What is the purpose of a piston?
It compresses the air in a engine or compressor.
What is the purpose of piston?
It compresses the air in a engine or compressor.
In a petrol car engine what serves no purpose but without it the engine does not work?
gas
What is the purpose of burning petrol in the engine?
to make the vehicle go
What is function of a piston in a diesel engine?
The piston has the same function whether diesel or petrol. The piston is forced down the cylinder when the petrol mixture ignites and expands. That in turn presses on the connecting rod which in turn pushes on the crankshaft. The crankshaft changes the up and down movement of the piston into a rotational movement which makes the car go.
What is the clearance volume of petrol engine?
The volume occupied by the cylinder when the piston is at top dead centre is called clearence valume.
What is the difference between inlet valve timing in a diesel engine and a petrol engine?
In diesel engine ,air alone without any fuel is drawn by the falling piston during inlet stroke. In petrol engine, the mixture of air and fuel is drawn in by the falling piston during inlet stroke. There is no difference in the act of actually setting the timing. Inlet valves open slightly before the piston reaches top dead centre, by how much depends on the manufacturers specifications.
