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Heywood, J. B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988. ISBN: 9780070286375.
Corrections to the course text from the author are available: (PDF) (Courtesy John Heywood. Used with permission.)
For further reading on internal combustion engines, an annotated bibliography is available: (PDF)
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to SI and DI engines | Chapter 1 |
| 2 | Lab 1: Disassembly and assembly of engines | |
| 3 | Engine operating characteristics | Chapter 2.1 - 2.15 |
| 4 | Ideal cycle analysis | Chapter 5.1 - 5.4 |
| 5 | Combustion and thermochemistry | Chapter 3.1 - 3.5 |
| 6 | Kinetics, equilibrium and dissociation | Chapter 3.7 |
| 7 | Gas properties and fuel - air cycle; cycle simulation | Chapter 4; Chapter 5.5, 5.8 (You do not need to follow details of these calculations, but get a feel for the magnitude of these properties from the graphs) |
| 8 | Intake and exhaust processes | Chapter 6.1 - 6.7 |
| 9 | SI engine combustion | Chapter 9.1 - 9.5 |
| 10 | SI engine combustion (cont.) | |
| 11 | Knock and fuel requirements | Chapter 9.6 |
| 12 | Mixture preparation in SI engines | Chapter 7 |
| 13 | Quiz: covers Ses #1-8 | |
| 14 | SI engine emissions | Chapter 11.1 - 11.2.3 |
| 15 | SI engine emissions (cont.) | Chapter 11.3 - 11.4.3 |
| 16 | SI engine emissions Control | Chapter 11.6.1 - 11.6.3 |
| 17 | Emissions measurements and pre-lab | |
| 18 | Lab 2: Engine performance and emissions measurements | |
| 19 | Lab 2: Engine performance and emissions measurements (cont.) | |
| 20 | Diesel engine characteristics | Chapter 10.1 - 10.4 |
| 21 | Diesel engine: injection, ignition and combustion | Chapter 10.5 - 10.7 |
| 22 | Diesel engine emissions and control | Chapter 11.2.4 - 11.4.4 |
| 23 | Engine heat transfer | Chapter 12 |
| 24 | Engine friction and lubrication | Chapter 13 |
| 25 | Turbocharging | Chapter 6.8 |
| 26 | Alternative engines and fuels; fuel cell | |
| 27 | Final exam |