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Car Engines

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 342-0619/06
Abbreviation VMo
Course title Car Engines
Credits 5
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Jakub Šmiraus, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Classification of internal combustion engines, principles of function, the basic parameters of the engines, structural components of vehicle engines.
2. Characteristics of vehicle engines - meassuring MAHA, TES dynometer.
3. Geometrical parameters of vehicle engines and kinematics of the crank mechanism.
4. Fuels and fuel mixture of Internal Combustion Engines.
5. Idealized and real thermodynamic cycle of Internal Combustion Engines.
6. Process of combustion in reciprocating internal combustion engines.
7. Gas exchange process.
8. Thermodynamic cycle modeling of Internal Combustion Engines.
9. Dynamics of the crank mechanism.
10. Balancing of Engine.
11. Increasing the efficiency of vehicle engines.
12. Engines of the railway vehicles.
13. Measuring and testing of vehicle engines. Wankel, Stirling engines, gas turbines and electric motors.

Literature

JAN, Zdeněk, Bronislav ŽDÁNSKÝ a Jan JETMAR, 2022. Automobily. - Motory 3., 9. vydání. Brno: Avid, spol. s r.o. ISBN 9788087143476 .
Prof. DSc., DEng. Merkisz, Jerzy. Combustion Engines. Polish Scientific Society of Combustion Engines, 2026. available in PDF. from https://www.combustion-engines.eu/.
MACEK, Jan. Spalovací motory. 2nd ed. Prague: Czech Technical University, 2012. ISBN 978-800-1050-156 .
RICHARD VAN BASSHUYSEN and Fred SCHAEFER, 2007. Modern Engine Technology: From A to Z. SAE International. ISBN 9780768017052 .

Advised literature

HEYWOOD, John B. Internal combustion engine fundamentals. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1988, xxix, 930 p., [2] p. of plates. ISBN 00-702-8637-X .
KYSELA, TOMČALA: Spalovací motory I.. VŠB . Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2001.
GROHE: Benzinové a naftové motory. Alfa Bratislava, 1981.
PÍŠTĚK, Václav a Josef ŠTĚTINA. Výpočetní metody ve stavbě spalovacích motorů: Určeno pro posl. fak. strojní. Vyd. 1. Brno: VUT, 1991, 129 s. Učební texty vysokých škol. ISBN 80-214-0368-3 .
SCHÄFER, Edited by Richard van Basshuysen and Fred. Internal combustion engine handbook basics, components, systems, and perspectives. Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA): Society of Automotive Engineers, 2004. ISBN 978-076-8071-962 .
MARTYR, A. J.; PLINT,M. A., Engine testing theory and practice. 3. Vyd. V Oxfordu: Elsevier’s Science & Technology, 2007, 442 s. ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8439-2 .