4. Why do multi-cylinder éngines have smaller flywheels than single-cylinder engines?
4. Why do multi-cylinder éngines have smaller flywheels than single-cylinder engines?
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Transcribed Image Text:4. Why do multi-cylinder éngines have smaller
flywheels than single-cylinder engines?
5. What systems are commonly seen on an engine?
What additional systems are needed to use an
engine as a tractor?
6. Why does a cam shaft run at half the speed of the
crankshaft? Illustrate.
7. How do you designate the size of an engine?
8. What will be the total piston displacement in a
two-cylinder l100 mm x 130 mm engine?
9. If each cylinder of the above engine has a
clearance volume equal to one fifth of the total
cylinder volume, then compute:
a) the clearance volume;
b) the compression ratio.
10. Sketch the. operation of a four-stroke petrol
engine, explaining the events at each stage. How
will the events differ from those of a diesel
engine?
11. Why is there a power stroke for every down
stroke of piston'travel in a two-stroke engine? At
what interval does the power stroke occur in a
four-stroke engine?
12. Assuming a firing order of 1 3.-4-2 for a
four-cylinder engine, complete the events in the
other cylinders if the events for cylinder l'are as
shown in Table 2.3.
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