Features
On this page are featured web sites that the Engineering Editorial Board feels deserve special attention. Some of the featured sites have won MERLOT awards in the past, while others simply stand out as outstanding web sites.
CSU Engine Web Pages
by Professor Allan Kirkpatrick
Colorado State University
The site contains pertinent discussions and 21 applets that perform simple calculations for analyzing internal combustion engines (ICE). It is divided into three analysis areas of ICE performance: heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. The Engine Performance applets under the Thermodynamic section are the most involved. The heat transfer applet presents some fundamental concepts on the modes of heat transfer in relation to ICE.
The material can be used as either a classroom demonstration or a self-tutorial to teach various topics in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer as they apply to internal combustion engines. It can be used in teaching a technical elective course in internal combustion engines and also as a reference tool for design purposes.
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