汽车技术

Unit 1 The Reciprocating Piston Petrol Engine

1.1 Modem requirements

1.1.1 0ptimum performance

1.1.2 Good fuel economy

1.1.4 Minimum noise level

1.1.5 Easy cold starting

1.1.6 Economic servicing

1.1.7 Acceptable durability

1.1.8 Least weight

1.1.10 Economic manufacture

1.2 Engine nomenclature

1.2.1 TDC and BDC

1.2.2 Piston stroke

I .2.3 Piston displacement

1.2.5 Mean effective pressure

1.2.6 Indicated and brake power

1.2.8 Compression ratio

1.3 0perating principles of four-stroke

petrol engine

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Unit 2 Combustion Chambers and Processes

2.1 Combustion in the petrol engine

2.1.1 Basic considerations

2.1.2 Normal and abnormal

2.2 Petrol engine combustion chambers

2.2.1 Hemisphericalchamber

2.2.2 Wedge chamber

2.2.3 Bowl-in-piston chamber

2.3 Combustion in the diesel engine

2.4 Diesel engine combustion chambers

2.4.2 Advantages and disadvantages

2.5 Cylinder charge agitation

2.5.2 Compression turbulence

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Unit 3 Cylinder Assemblies and Piston

3.1 Cylinder and crankthrow

3.1.1 Considerations in cylinderdesig

3.1.2 Arrangement of engine cylinders

3.1.3 Crankthrow arrangements

3.2 Cylinder block, crankcase and head

3.2.1 Cylinder block construction

3.2.3 Crankcase construction

3.2.4 Cylinder head construction

3.2.5 Cylinder head gasket

3.2.6 Cylinder liners

3.3 Pistons and connecting rods

3.3.1 Piston construction and nomenclature

3.3.2 Piston materials and expansion

3.3.3 Gudgeon pins and their locatio

3.3.4 Types of piston ring and nomenclature

3.3.5 Piston ring materials and expansion control

3.3.7 Big-end bearing and nomenclature

3.4 Crankshaft assembly and main bearings

3.4. 1 Crankshaft construction and nomenclature

3.4.2 Flywheel with torsional vibration dampe

3.4.3 Crankshaft timing wheel and pulley

3.4.4 Crankshaft main bearings and nomenclature

3.5 Crankshaft torsional vibration

3.5.1 The causes of crankshaft vibratio

3.5.2 Methods of mounting torsional vibration dampers

3.6 Valve train

3.6.1 Side camshaft, push-rods and rockers

3.6.2 Identifying the parts ofa cam

3.6.3 Hydraulic tappets

3.6.5 Valve springs

3.7 Timing drive

3.7.1 Valve timing diagrams

3.7.2 Methods of driving camshafits

3.7.3 Variable valve timing

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Unit 4 Diesel Fuel Injection Systems

4. 1 General layout

4.2 The in-line fuel injection pump

4.2.1 Construction and operation

4.2.2 Pumping element control

4.2.3 Pumping element delivery valve

4.3 Goveming the in-line fuel injection pump

4.3.1 Minimum and maximum speed

4.3.2 All-speed governor

4.4 Construction and Operation of the Distributor Fuel Inj ection Pump

4.5 Timing in-line fuel injection pumps

4.6.1 Basic requirements

4.6.2 Types of fuel injector nozzle

4.7 Introduction to electronic

4.7.1 Basic features of an electronic diesel control system

4.7.2 Electronic unit injector

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Unit 5 Petrol Engine Fuel Injection

5.1 Advantages of petrol engine

5.2.1 Fuel flow system

5.2.3 Electrical flow system

5.2.4 Further development of the electronic MPI system

5.3 Single-point fuel injection

5.3.1 Electronic SPI systenr

5.3.2 Further developments

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Unit 6 Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Unit 7 Engine Lubrication

Unit 8 Engine Cooling, Vehicle Heating and Air Conditioning

Unit 9 Intake and Exhaust System

Unit 10 Forced Induction

Unit 11 Engine Emission Control

Unit 12 Friction Clutches

Unit 13 Layshaft Gearboxes

Unit 14 Fluid Couplings and Torque Converters

Unit 15 Epicyclic Gearboxes

Unit 16 Automatic Transmissions for Passenger Cars

Unit 17 Propeller Shafts and Joints

Unit 18 Differential

Unit 19 Suspension

Unit 20 Steering

Unit 21 Brakes

Unit 22 Anti-Iock Brakes and Traction

Unit 23 Wheels and Tyres

附录A 混合动力汽车（释译）

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