Internal Combustion Engines

United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, U.S.S. "Prairie State." 1942

Revised June 1942.

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Internal Combustion Engines

United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, U.S.S. "Prairie State." 1942

Revised June 1942.

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English
Pages
227

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Table of Contents

Internal Combustion Engines: United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, U.S.S. "Prairie State." 1942.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Chapter I. Sketching: Types of drawings 1
II. Screw Fastenings: Types of bolts, nuts, screws, etc 11
III. Thermodynamics:
1. Energy 19
2. Perfect gases 26
3. Work 33
4. Cycles 39
IV. Fundamentals:
1. Component parts 51
2. Types of internal combustion engines 69
V. Properties of Petroleum: Chemistry ; oil testing 81
Fuels: Classification; theory of combustion 91
VI. Principles of Lubrication: Theory of lubrication; methods of applying lubricants 101
VII. Gasoline Engines: Performance characteristics 117
VIII. Diesel Engines:
1. Performance characteristics; engine timing 127
2. Air injection systems. 138
3. Common rail injection system 147
4. Solid injection systems 160
5. Maintenance of injection systems; combustion systems. 171
6. Diesel auxiliaries 182
IX. Operation:
1. Starting 195
2. Running 198
3. Stopping and securing 201
X. Tests and Inspections:
1. Inspections 203
2. Test procedures 206
3. Derangements and casualties 211
4. Safety precautions 212
XI. Installation of New Parts: "Running in" of new parts 216
XII. Maintenance:
1. General — Schedules and overhaul periods 217
2. Repair of specific parts 220

Edition Notes

"Originally prepared by the staff of engineering instructors aboard the training ship U.S.S. Prairie state ... In June 1942 additions were made by the Bureau of naval personnel to adapt it for use as a text for the Diesel engineering correspondence course."--Foreword.

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Washington

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
621.436
Library of Congress
TJ795 .U6 1942f

The Physical Object

Pagination
v, 227 p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs.
Number of pages
227

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22917986M
Internet Archive
InternalCombustionEngines1942
LCCN
42038553
OCLC/WorldCat
6218856

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