Engines and power transmission

The book reports on the latest theoretical and experimental findings in the field of active flow and combustion control.

This book introduces design techniques developed to increase the safety of aircraft engines, and demonstrates how the application of stochastic methods can overcome problems in the accurate prediction of engine lift caused by manufacturing error.

This book introduces design techniques developed to increase the safety of aircraft engines, and demonstrates how the application of stochastic methods can overcome problems in the accurate prediction of engine lift caused by manufacturing error.

This book focuses on one of the most important aspects of electrical propulsion systems - the creation of highly reliable safety-critical traction electrical drives.

This book deals with novel advanced engine combustion technologies having potential of high fuel conversion efficiency along with ultralow NOx and particulate matter (PM) emissions.

The text describes the main features of currently available heat pumps, focusing on system operation and interactions with external heat sources.

This book written by a world-renowned expert with more than forty years of active gas turbine R&D experience comprehensively treats the design of gas turbine components and their integration into a complete system.

Rotating Machinery, Hybrid Testing, Vibro-Acoustics & Laser Vibrometry, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the eighth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This insightful volume shares design ideas to help builders, planners and architects create mass-produced affordable housing that pushes suburban development in more sustainable, liveable directions.

The bookdeals with the increasingly complex test systems for powertrain components andsystems giving an overview of the diverse types of test beds for allcomponents of an advanced powertrain focusing on specific topics such asinstrumentation, control, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, automation or testfacility management.

This book analyzes the main problems in the real-timecontrol of parallel hybrid electric powertrains in non-road applications thatwork in continuous high dynamic operation.

This book reports on a novel approach for generating mechanical energy from different, external heat sources using the body of a typical piston engine with valves.

This book focuses on natural gas and synthetic methane as contemporary and future energy sources.

This book will assess and compare several options for ammonia co-fueling of diesel locomotives with integrated heat recovery, multigeneration (including on-board hydrogen fuel production from ammonia), and emission reduction subsystems from energy, exergy, and environmental perspectives.

This book provides important insights into the combustion behavior of novel energy crops and agricultural fuels.

This book includes an in-depth analysis of the environmental and energy security impacts of replacing the internal combustion engine vehicle with various forms of electric vehicles and replacing gasoline and diesel fuel with alternative fuels including electricity, hydrogen and biofuels.

This book focuses on particulate matter emissions produced by vehicles with combustion engines.

This book introduces novel design techniques developed to increase the safety of aircraft engines.

This edited volume presents research results of the PPP European Green Vehicle Initiative (EGVI), focusing on Electric Vehicle Systems Architecture and Standardization Needs.

This book broadens readers' understanding of proactive condition monitoring of low- speed machines in heavy industries.

The book presents a complete new methodology for the on-board measurements and modeling of gas concentrations in turbocharged diesel engines.

This book captures selected peer reviewed papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Automotive Technologies, ICSAT 2013, held in Ingolstadt, Germany.

Supercharging the reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is as old as the engine itself.

This book explores the use of nanomaterials as diesel fuel additives.

This book provides an overview of the nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) concept for application to innovative combustion engines.

The book covers the classical areas of technical thermodynamics: The first part deals with the basic equations for energy conversion and idealized fluids.

This book was written by a team of leading gear experts from across the globe, including contributions from USA, Germany, Poland, China, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

The book reports on the latest theoretical and experimental findings in the field of active flow and combustion control, in the context of energy conversion for power and propulsion systems.

This book provides an insight into the design, modeling, control, and application of multiphase hybrid permanent magnet machines for electrified powertrains in electric and hybrid electric vehicles.

This highly informative book offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of propulsion.

This textbook is intended for post-graduate students in mechanical and allied engineering disciplines.

This book contains selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the 11th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Systems (EEMODS'19), held in Tokyo, Japan from 17-19 September 2019.

This book provides an overview of the nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) concept for application to innovative combustion engines.

This book presents a step-by-step methodology for the design of ramjet engines.

This book presents the most up-to-date accomplishments in gear design and gear production, detailing theory of gearing and its application.

This textbook on Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics will help students with a background in mechanical and/or aerospace engineering and practicing engineers working in the areas of aerospace propulsion and gas dynamics by providing a rigorous examination of most practical engineering problems.

This book explores the use of nanomaterials as diesel fuel additives.

This book is intended for students and engineers who design and develop liquid-propellant rocket engines, offering them a guide to the theory and practice alike.

This book presents a selection of preliminary sizing procedures for turbomachinery.

This book offers a comprehensive and timely overview of internal combustion engines for use in marine environments.

This book presents experimental and numerical findings on reducing shock-induced separation by applying transition upstream the shock wave.

This book presents experimental and numerical findings on reducing shock-induced separation by applying transition upstream the shock wave.

The volume provides an exhaustive catalog of common standard day corrections for gas turbine gas path parameters, explores their history, and, most importantly, provides a mathematical framework for the derivation of these important normalization factors.