Engine Design (ICE) - 1 Cylinder to V16
What you'll learn
- Combustion Engine Layout (bank angle, crankshaft design, firing order)
- Influence of bank angle on engine design
- Comparison between different engine concepts
- Analysis of different firing orders
Requirements
- No deep engine knowledge required, we start from scratch.
Description
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.
Who this course is for:
- Tech interested people, car nerds, people who want to know more about engine details
Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 144 Reviews
- 720 Students
- 2 Courses
Martin Buchan joined the junior engineer programme of AUDI AG in 2009 and became a professional car mechanic working on customer cars and prototypes. After studying Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering in Ingolstadt and Edinburgh, he worked in AUDI's technical development in aerodynamics and cooling design.
After being active in Karting, Formula Student and VLN Endurance Racing at the Nordschleife as mechanic, engineer and driver, he studied Advanced Motorsport Engineering at Cranfield University and joined the McLaren Group in Woking, UK. Later on, Martin worked for the aerodynamics department of former FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM and RACING POINT F1 TEAM in Silverstone, UK.