Internal Combustion Engine Basics: History of IC Engines (Stirling Engine)
One of the other famous engines conceived before the diesel and gasoline engines were taken to very seriously was the Stirling engine. What is a …
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Internal Combustion Engine IC Engine: History and Development of Diesel Engines
Can you imagine a world without the Diesel Engine? The trains, locomotives, the marine generators, power generators, million of trucks and other …
Continue ReadingLearn Mechanical Engineering at Home Series – 1
Have you ever wondered what mechanical engineering is all about? I cannot make you a certified mechanical engineer but certainly you can learn a lot …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Actuation of Machines: Part I – Electrical Actuation, DC Motors, AC Motors, Stepper Motors and Solenoids
Every machine is made to perform and produce some useful work. To make any machine work or to give output it needs to be actuated. Actuation of a …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Design of Mechanisms: Kinematic Inversion of mechanisms Inversions of Four Bar Mechanism
Inversion of a kinematic linkage or mechanism is observing the motion of the members of the mechanism with fixing different links as reference frame. …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Design of Mechanisms: Degrees of Freedom
Degrees of Freedom of members and joints of mechanisms govern the working of a machine. Each member of mechanism can move in certain directions or …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Design of Machines: Analysis and Synthesis
To obtain the desired motion of a machine, the design has to involve analysis beforehand. Read an introduction to the design of mechanisms by analysis …
Continue ReadingTypes of Kinematic Joints in the Design of Machines
The members forming the mechanisms and machines are connected together through Kinematic Joints. The properties of joints such as relative motion and …
Continue ReadingWhat is Kinematics? Kinematics - Design of Mechanisms: Introduction to kinematics
Machines as simple as livers, machines such as James Watt’s steam engine and the industrial robots such as PUMA all are composed of mechanisms whether …
Continue ReadingWhat is Vibration? Importance of Vibration.
This article briefly describes about the importance of Vibration in the field of engineering. Vibration tends to have plenty of advantages and a lot …
Continue ReadingWankel Engine - Part III - problems and disadvantages - by John Sinitsky - How to and technology articles at Brighthub
Wankel is a term for rotary engine, being type of internal combustion engine. Engine parts, assembly and work cycle have been described in the article …
Continue ReadingWankel Rotary Engine Advantages - by John Sinitsky - How to and technology articles at Brighthub
The Wankel Engine is a special internal combustion engine, not largely known. After explaining the idea behind the engine and its main parts, we deal …
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