Engine Design (ICE) - 1 Cylinder to V16

This is an engine design course for tech-interested people and this course will also help you to understand your engine better when working on it.

In this course, we will learn the basic design layout of ICE engines from 1 cylinder to V16 engines.

We will work out:

- bank angle

- firing order

- crankshaft design

We will analyse the following engines:

1 cylinder engine

I2, V2 90deg, V2 45deg, 2 cylinder boxer

I3

I4 (180deg crankshaft, 90deg crankshaft, cross plane crankshaft), 4 cylinder boxer, V4 90deg

I5

I6, V6 120deg, 6 cylinder boxer

V8 (flat plane crankshaft, cross plane crankshaft)

V10

V12 60deg, V12 180deg

V16

You don't need previous knowledge as we will start from scratch with the basic 4-stroke principle. We will work our way up from a simple 1 cylinder engine to a complex 16 cylinder engine.

We will also look at different strategies manufacturers are using for firing orders and discuss different crankshaft design.

We will compare different engine layouts with each other and identify the challenges engine designers are facing.

This course will also help you to understand your engine better and to work out the firing order of your car, which will be beneficial when working on the ignition system.