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Animated Engines Clear Up The Mysteries Of Combustion

Posted April 23, 2012 8:52 AM

From Autoblog:

For some, learning by example is the best way to get info sealed into the noggin. If engines are the thing they want to learn about, then Matt Keveny's site, Animated Engines, should be the first stop. Unlike the engines profiled, the site couldn't be simpler: clicking one of the 21 different engine types will take you to a page demonstrating how that engine creates power. The animations can be run anywhere from one to 25 frames per second to provide a crystalline breakdown of an engine's combustive ballet.

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04/23/2012 7:20 PM

Cool page.

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04/24/2012 10:06 AM

I noticed on the Two-Stroke Engine animation he's got the intake flow going the wrong direction. The 'bubbles' should be entering the lower-left port methinks. Slow the animation to one frame per second to see this.

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