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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

by M.J. Nunney
March 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
514 pages
33h 25m
English
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Content preview from Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
THE RECIPROCATING PISTON PETROL ENGINE 27
Acting as
a strut
Inertia load
Acting as
a beam
Least , Tf\ Greatest
Centrifugal
force
resistance
to bending
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resistance
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t
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end supports end supports
(d)
Figure 1.51 Forces acting on the connecting rod: (a) compression (b) tension (c) bending (d) concentration of bending load
more recent developments have sought to reduce these
losses in the interests of improving fuel economy.
To reduce the viscous friction that is caused by
shearing of the oil film between the piston and its
cylinder during operation, there is a trend towards
lessening the contact area of the piston skirt ...
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ISBN: 9781483105062