Free-piston engine — The free piston engine is a linear, crankless combustion engine, in which the piston motion is not controlled by a crankshaft but determined by the interaction of forces from the combustion cylinder gases, a rebound device and a load device.The… … Wikipedia
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Stirling engine — Alpha type Stirling engine. There are two cylinders. The expansion cylinder (red) is maintained at a high temperature while the compression cylinder (blue) is cooled. The passage between the two cylinders contains the regenerator … Wikipedia
Engine balance — is the design, construction and tuning of an engine to run smoothly. Engine balance reduces vibration and other stresses, and may improve the performance, efficiency, cost of ownership and reliability of the engine, as well as reducing the stress … Wikipedia
History of the internal combustion engine — Various scientists and engineers contributed to the development of internal combustion engines: [ Otto engines running at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (WMSTR), in Rollag, Minnesota. (2min 16sec, 320x240, 340kbps video)] *1206: Al … Wikipedia
Diesel engine — Diesel engines in a museum Diesel generator on an oil tanker … Wikipedia
Aircraft engine — An aircraft engine is a propulsion system for an aircraft. Aircraft engines are almost always a type of lightweight internal combustion engine. This article is an overview of the basic types of aircraft engines and the design concepts employed in … Wikipedia
Opposed-piston engine — This article is about existing engine designs. For the quite different concept proposed by Frank Stelzer, see Stelzer engine. Fairbanks Morse opposed piston diesel engines on the submarine USS Pampanito An opposed piston engine is a reciprocating … Wikipedia
Opposed piston engine — An opposed piston engine is one in which the cylinders are double ended, with a piston at each end and no cylinder head.ConfigurationsSome variations of the Opposed Piston or OP designs use a single crankshaft like the Doxford ship enginesCite… … Wikipedia
Swing-piston engine — A swing piston engine is a type of internal combustion engine in which the pistons move in a circular motion inside a ring shaped cylinder , moving closer and further from each other to provide compression and expansion. Generally two sets of… … Wikipedia
