Aviation engines, design - construction - operation and repair; a complete, practical treatise outlining clearly the elements of internal combustion engineering with special reference to the design, construction, operation and repair of airplane power plants; also the auxiliary engine systems, such as lubrication, carburetion, ignition and cooling. It includes complete instructions for engine repairing and systematic location of troubles, tool equipment and use of tools, also outlines the latest mechanical processes (1917)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company · leaf 77
wall surfaces at the moment of explosion,when it is desirable that the greatest amount of heat isgenerated, and carrying with it the greatest possible press-ure from which the expansion takes place by the movementof the piston. The spherical form cannot continue during the strokefor mechanical… … Fig. 18.—Spherical CombustionChamber. Fig. 19.—Enlarged CombustionChamber. the combustion and expansion part of the stroke. Thisidea is illustrated in Figs. 18 and 19, showing how therelative volumes of cylinder stroke and combustion cham-ber may be varied to suit the requirements due to thequality…
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