Course detail

Internal Combustion Engines

FSI-ESMAcad. year: 2011/2012

This course is concerned with the state-of-the-art and the application trends of piston combustion engines in transport means and handling technology. Current fuels. Characteristics of piston combustion engines, creation of fuel-air mixture in spark ignition and compression ignition engines. Two-stroke engines. Increasing engine power. Design characteristics of combustion engines relating to their operation purpose. Design of piston combustion engine parts.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

7

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students learn of the development and present condition of design of piston combustion engines and their parts.

Prerequisites

The student needs to have knowledge appropriate courses of theoretical basics of bachelor study programme at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology, Brno

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The credit is suspended by active participation in exercises and correctly elaborated acts. The exam checks the knowledge from lectures and exercises, consists of written and oral parts.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with fundamental principles of combustion engines, their properties, characteristics and the engine design.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Seminars are obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way of compensation of missed lessons (in justified cases) is solved individually with the course guarantee person.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Basshuyesen R., Schaefer F.: Handbuch Verbrennungsmotoren, 2005, ISBN 3-528-23933-6
Braess H.,Seiffert U.: Vieweg Handbuch Kraftfahrzeugtechnik, 2005, ISBN 3-528-33114-3
Hoepke E.: Nutzfahrzeugtechnik, 2004, ISBN 3-528-23898-4
Koehler E.: Verbrennungsmotoren, Vieweg-Verlag Braunschweig,2002, ISBN 3-528-23108-4
Kovařík, L. a kol.: Konstrukce vozidlových spalovacích motorů , NV Praha 1992
Macek, J, Suk, B..: Spalovací motory I

Recommended reading

Rauscher J.: Spalovací motory, Studijní opory, VUT FSI Brno, 2004
Rauscher, J.: Vozidlové motory, Studijní opory, VUT FSI Brno, 2004
Vlk F.,Rauscher J.: Příslušenství motorových vozidel, Studijní opory. VUT FSI Brno, 2004

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-SSZ , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Development of combustion engines.
2. Fuels for combustion engines.
3. Heat circles of combustion engines.
4. Creation of fuel-air mixture for petrol engines.
5. Creation of fuel-air mixture for Diesel engines.
6. Increases in power about combustion engines.
7. Fundamental design solutions of combustion engines.
8. Piston, rings, connection rod, crankshaft, bearings.
9. Crank case and block of cylinders of engine, cylinder and head of cylinder.
10. Valve timing mechanism of combustion engine.
11. Intake and exhaust marigold of combustion engines.
12. Cooling of piston combustion engines.
13. Lubrication of piston combustion engines.

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