Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications (Premiere Series Books) - Hardcover

Pirault, Jean-Pierre; Flint, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0768018005 ISBN 13: 9780768018004

Verlag: SAE International, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Explores the opposed piston (OP) engine and provides the first comprehensive description of most opposed piston (OP) engines from 1887 to 2006. Design and performance details of the major types of OP engines in stationary, ground, marine, and aviation applications are explored and their evolution traced.

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Biografía del autor

Jean-Pierre Pirault worked in the R&D laboratories of plain bearing manufacturer Vandervell Products, moved to Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Jaguar, and AVL. He is now with Powertrain Technology Ltd, an engine consultancy in the south of England. Martin Flint is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He trained as an indentured apprentice at AEC, Southall, Middlesex, United Kingdom, who were designers and manufactures of commercial vehicles and diesel engines. During his career he has worked for Deutz AG (both in Germany and Canada), BICERI, Perkins, Rolls Royce, and Ricardo, experiencing most aspects of manufacture, design, R&D and engine testing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAE International
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0768018005
• ISBN 13: 9780768018004
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar