• combustion engine, the term stroke has the following related meanings: A phase of the engine's cycle (e.g. compression stroke, exhaust stroke), during which...
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    A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston (one up...
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    A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft...
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  • six-stroke engine is one of several alternative internal combustion engine designs that attempt to improve on traditional two-stroke and four-stroke engines...
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    Power Stroke, also known as Powerstroke, is the name used by a family of diesel engines for trucks produced by Ford Motor Company and Navistar International...
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    A two-stroke diesel engine is a diesel engine that uses compression ignition in a two-stroke combustion cycle. It was invented by Hugo Güldner in 1899...
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    configurations of the various bore/stroke ratio: A square engine has equal bore and stroke dimensions, giving a bore/stroke value of exactly 1:1. 1953 – Ferrari...
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  • The five-stroke engine is a compound internal combustion engine patented by Gerhard Schmitz in 2000. The goal of the five-stroke engine is to achieve higher...
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  • four-stroke engines are engines that combine elements from both two-stroke and four-stroke engines. They usually incorporate two pistons. The M4+2 engine,...
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    familiar two-stroke and four-stroke piston engines, along with variants, such as the six-stroke piston engine and the Wankel rotary engine. A second class...
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    trimmers). Single-cylinder engines are made both as 4-strokes and 2-strokes. Compared with multi-cylinder engines, single-cylinder engines are usually simpler...
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    engine. Atkinson produced three different designs that had a short compression stroke and a longer expansion stroke. The first Atkinson-cycle engine,...
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    uses a 256 cc (16 cu in) two-stroke engine. In 1980, Suzuki began production of a 543 cc (33 cu in) four-stroke engine, which was introduced in the Alto...
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    chamber on the compression stroke of the engine. Most hot-bulb engines were produced as one or two-cylinder, low-speed two-stroke crankcase scavenged units...
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    the next cycle. In a four-stroke engine, the third stroke releases energy from the fuel, powering the fourth (exhaust) stroke and also the first two (intake...
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    with real engine braking; it is used mainly in large diesel trucks and works by opening the exhaust valves at the top of the compression stroke, so the...
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  • diesel engines put in service are 14-cylinder, two-stroke marine diesel engines; they produce a peak power of almost 100 MW each. Diesel engines may be...
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    opposed-piston engines include Cummins, Achates Power, and Fairbanks-Morse Defense (FMDefense). Compared to contemporary two-stroke engines, which use a...
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  • two-strokes for longer than most. Their first four-stroke engine was the SOHC F8A, which appeared in 1977. Suzuki continued to offer a two-stroke engine in...
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    timing developed by Volkswagen Group in 2011. They all include a four-stroke engine and dual overhead camshaft drive into exhaust manifolds. In 2023 Škoda...
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    cylinder by this stroke. The exception is the Stirling engine, which repeatedly heats and cools the same sealed quantity of gas. The stroke is simply the...
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    Crankcase (redirect from Open crank engine)
    a piston engine that surrounds the crankshaft. In most modern engines, the crankcase is integrated into the engine block. Two-stroke engines typically...
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    whole engine. The formula is: Displacement = stroke length × π ( bore 2 ) 2 × number of cylinders {\displaystyle {\text{Displacement}}={\text{stroke length}}\times...
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    Loading sample on chromatography columns. Certain types of two-stroke and four-stroke engines. Most hydraulic automotive power steering control valves. In...
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    marine steam engine, introduced in the early 19th century. During the 20th century it was replaced by two-stroke or four-stroke diesel engines, outboard...
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    the two-stroke engine became increasingly uncompetitive in the US market due to emissions regulations, a switch to the Ford Taunus V4 engine was made...
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    George Brayton in 1873. Most petrol engines use either the four-stroke Otto cycle or the two-stroke cycle. Petrol engines have also been produced using the...
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    Benelli 750 Sei motorcycle engine to the 10,972.2 L (669,565 cu in) Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C two-stroke marine diesel engine. Due to its well-balanced configuration...
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  • Rotax (redirect from Rotax Aircraft Engines)
    the world's largest producers of light piston engines. Rotax four-stroke and advanced two-stroke engines are used in a wide variety of small land, sea...
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    design. All Chrysler FirePower engines are oversquare; i.e. their bore is larger than their stroke. This first FirePower engine, used from 1951 to 1955, has...
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