Internal Combustion Engines

Readings

Required Textbook

Heywood, J. B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988. ISBN: 9780070286375.

Corrections to the required text from the author (PDF) (Courtesy John Heywood. Used with permission.)

For further reading on internal combustion engines, an annotated bibliography (PDF) is available.

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction to SI and DI engines	Chapter 1
2	Engine operating characteristics	Chapter 2.1 - 2.15
3	Ideal cycle analysis	Chapter 5.1 - 5.4
4	Combustion and thermochemistry	Chapter 3.1 - 3.5
5	Kinetics, equilibrium and dissociation	Chapter 3.7
6	Gas properties and fuel - air cycle; cycle simulation	Chapter 4  Chapter 5.5 & 5.8
7	Mixture preparation in SI engines	Chapter 6.1 - 6.7
8	Intake and exhaust processes	Chapter 7
9	SI engine combustion	Chapter 9.1 - 9.5
10	SI engine combustion (cont.); knock	Chapter 9.6
11	SI engine emissions	Chapter 11.1 - 11.2.3; 11.3
12	SI engine emissions (cont.)	Chapter 11.4 - 11.4.3
13	SI engine emissions control	[No readings]
14	Emission measurements	[No readings]
15	Diesel engine characteristics	Chapter 10.1 - 10.4
16	Diesel engine: injection, ignition and combustion	Chapter 10.5 - 10.7
17	Diesel engine emissions and control	Chapter 11.2.4 - 11.4.4
18	Engine heat transfer	Chapter 12
19	Engine friction and tribology	Chapter 13
20	Turbocharging	Chapter 6.8
21	Hydrogen, fuel cell and battery	[No readings]
22	Bio fuels and hybrids	[No readings]