Introduction:
One of the well known problems of reciprocating engines is the up and down movement of pistons (reciprocating motion) which has to be converted into rotary motion of wheels. This movement of pistons created a lot of vibration and difficulty in balancing the engine. So a new engine was created by a German Engineer Felix Wankel (patented the design in 1929 and completed a working prototype in 1957 in collaboration with NSU Motorenwerke, a German automobile manufacturer). Wankel engine is an internal combustion engine which uses an eccentric rotary design to convert the combustion pressure into rotary motion. Since the rotor moves in a circular way the vibration caused is very less resulting in ultra smooth power production. High RPM, Smoothness, Simplicity
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Since the viscous drag of water and air are much lesser than that of mercury, ω2 and ω3 are higher than ω1.
Process of Fabrication: Soft Lithography is type of fabricating techniques which is most commonly used to fabricate or replicate structures using a Elastomeric stamps and molds or Photomasks. It is called “Soft” because it uses soft elastomers of which PDMS is very popular. Hence this fabrication technique is used for this design. Initially as Silicon mold is etched using ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) then the structure is transferred on to silicon and then it is glued with the capping glass. A provision hole is made to fill the working fluid into the chamber. The hole is later sealed with epoxy gluing and parylene conformal coating.
Schematic representation of making of engine housing and rotor is shown in the following figures and one finished Wankel engine which is filled with water as working fluid is also
Vrock= Vcenter of mass + Wrock Where V is the translational velocity, and W is the angular velocity
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In a DC motor, the armature consists of any number of windings, each one an electromagnet. The armature is immersed in a directional external magnetic field. This external field does not move, and can come from permanent magnets or electromagnets.
To discuss the power output, first the cycles of the engine itself needs to be mentioned.
Knowing the information given in my introduction, I can hypothesise on two things. 1) The more paperclips there are, the greater the acceleration will be. 2) The shorter the rotor length is, the smaller the resistance will be.
After Diesel’s death, the diesel engine underwent much development and became a very important replacement for the steam piston engine in many applications. Because the diesel engine required heavier, more robust construction than a gasoline engine, it was not widely used in aviation. The diesel engine became widespread in many other applications, however, such as a stationary engines, submarines, ships, and much later, locomotives, trucks, and in modern automobiles. Diesel engines are most often found in applications where a high torque requirements and low RPM requirements exist.
A mousetrap-powered car is a vehicle that powers up and moves by the energy of a wound-up mousetrap’s spring. Its main components are the mousetrap, long metal rod, and the fishing line. In order to make the car work, the rod was wounded-up (wrapped) around the fishing line that had one end attached to the drive axle and the other end to the arm of the mousetrap, which pulls the snapper's lever arm closer to the drive axle. When the arms were released, the tension of the spring pulled the string off the axle. As a result, the fishing line string unraveled, causing the axle and the wheels to rotate, propelling the vehicle. There are various forms of energy that are involved with this car. First, it started off as potential (stored) energy that came from when the mousetrap was set by wounding the spring around the axle by the turning of the wheels, which caused the snapper’s lever arm to pull closer to the drive axle and the spring in the center was compressed. Since every action has an equal and opposite reaction, when the trap was released, most of the potential energy converted into kinetic (motion) energy, propelling the snapper arm forward. However, not all of the energy was converted into kinetic energy, as some of it was lost to the force of friction. Friction helped to spin the wheels and progress the car forward as when the string was pulled, friction between it and the axle caused the axle to rotate. In addition, the outside forces of friction caused the car to slow down and eventually come to a stop. Since energy cannot be destroyed, when the car came to a stop, the friction converted into thermal and heat energy.
There are number of methods to fabricate MEMS like silicon surface micromachining, silicon bulk machining, electro discharge machining, LIGA (in German, Lithographie, Galvanoformung(Electro Plating), Abformung(Injection Moulding)) .Only silicon surface micromachining is discussed here.
This along with the lighter construction of a two-stroke makes it the preferred motor used in small vehicles and tools (Two Stroke Engine). A two-stroke engine is operated by first drawing the mixture of fuel and air into the chamber by the vacuum caused by the upward stroke of the piston. During the downward piston stroke, the poppet valve is forced closed due to the increased pressure within the chamber. The mixture is compressed in the chamber throughout the stroke. As the stroke ends, the intake port is exposed allowing the mixture to escape into the main cylinder, expelling the exhaust gasses in the process and some of the fuel mixture as well. Momentum then causes the piston to rise, compressing the mixture as another stroke is beginning. Once the stroke reaches its peak, the spark plug will ignite the mixture causing the fuel to expand driving the piston down thus completing the cycle while additionally initiating a new
The invention of internal combustion engines in the early 19th century has led to the discovery of utilisation of cheap energy that is petroleum and this enabled the world to develop and progress into the modern world today. Humans were able to accomplish more work done with little manual labour, using internal combustion engines powered by fossil fuels. Internal combustion engine are mechanical power devices that convert heat energy to mechanical energy with the combustion process taking place in a system boundary (Rolle, 2005). Among the internal combustion engine invented in the 19th century were the Otto engine, Diesel engine and gas turbine engine. Gas turbine engine is one of the popular engines used today due to its high torque per weight ratio relative to other types of internal combustion engines. As explained by Cengel and Boles (2011), the gas turbine engine works on a 6 stages process, namely air intake, compression, fuel injection, combustion, expansion and exhaust (refer to Figure 1 in Appendix 1).
...im for people, because when engine has more efficiency, it spends low liquid fuel. It means saving resources. Also it helps to economy. In emerging technology, researches and experiments have been in progress. It looks it will continue forever.
== Measure the angular velocity of a flywheel and use conservation of energy to calculate its moment of inertia. Apparatus = == ==
The head is mounted in a “slipper” (or holder) positioned above the disk at 0.5-2.5 microns from the surface. When the disk is revolving around its axis, an air current creates a velocity gradient with the surface and air.
... the acceleration of the mass and the inertia of the weights, it was possible to determine the moment of inertia of the rotor itself.
Mechanical engineering is a type of engineering which applies principles of physics and material science for the purpose of analyzing, designing, manufacturing and maintaining of mechanical systems (Gorp, 2005). It is involved with the production and usage of mechanical power in the operation of various machines and tools. Mechanical engineering is considered to be the most diverse engineering and has its breadth derived from the need to design tools and manufacture products which range from small individual parts to large systems. Mechanical engineering, as thought of by scholars, is related to Aerospace engineering, Manufacturing and Mechanical engineering (Van et al, 2011).