Mech 435: Internal Combustion Engines

Winter 2009

Midterm: Thursday, March 4 at 4:30-6:30 in MCL 306 and 315

Course Content:

This is an introductory course on internal combustion engines. The topics covered in this course include:

1. Introduction to engines
2. Engine performance
3. Thermodynamic cycles
4. Combustion principles
5. Combustion in IC engines.
6. Emissions.

Textbooks:

No textbook is absolutely required but the following can be used as references:

1. Internal Combustion Engines, Applied Thermosciences, C.R. Ferguson and A.T. Kirkpatrick, 2^nd edition, Wiley, 2001.


2. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, J.B. Heywood, McGraw-Hill, 1988


3. Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine, W. W. Pulkrabek, Prentice Hall, 1997

Ferguson companion site http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle.rdr?productCd=047135617

You will need the following plugins installed on your computer for the applets to run:

Flash: download plugin
Shockwave: download plugin
Java Virtual Machine: download plugin

Lab:

Lab handout, print out before the lab

The lab will be carried out on a Ford V8 spark ignition engine in the Engine Test Cell in the basement of McLaughlin Hall. The lab will be conducted in groups, size is to be determined based on class size. The lab consists of running the engine on a dynamometer and measuring performance characteristics such as torque and power as well as measuring the cylinder pressure time history to get a measure of the thermal efficiency.

Assignments

Each assignment will be given a mark out of 10. If all problems are given serious thought and attempted, full marks will be awarded. If only a few problems are attempted or answers do not make any sense, a mark of 5/10 will be awarded. If no effort is made a mark of 0 will be given.

Tutorials:

One hour tutorial per week

Evaluation:

STANJAN executible files ( sj.exe, stanjan.exe)