MAE 408 – Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals (BR2211)

1. Instructor: Dr. Tiegang Fang

Office: 3182 Broughton

E-mail: tfang2@ncsu.edu, (919)5155230

Class Meeting Times: T H 4:30-5:45PM

Office Hours: T H 2:00-3:00 PM

Teaching Assistant: David Edson

Office Hours: W F 10 am - 11am in room 4178 Broughton.

Email Address: dmedson@ncsu.edu

2. Course Prerequisites:

MAE 302

3. Student Learning Objectives:

The students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge of the material covered in Internal Combustion Engines through their mastery of the following course objectives. Through the study of Internal Combustion Engines the student will be able to:

- Be familiar with common engine structure and operation characteristics

- Calculate and analyze the engine thermodynamic characteristics using air-standard cycles

- Calculate and analyze the chemical reaction for different fuels

- Be familiar with fuel properties for different engines

- Analyze the air induction and fuel supply processes for both SI and CI engines

- Analyze the combustion phenomena in SI and CI engines

- Analyze and calculate the emissions for SI and CI engines

- Understand the heat transfer, exhaust, and lubrication systems in engines

4. Text Book:

Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine, 2nd Edition, Willard W. Pulkrabek, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2004.

5. Reference Book:

“Internal Combustion Engines: Applied Thermosciences”, by Colin R. Ferguson and Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2001

“Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals”, by John B. Heywood, McGraw-Hill, 1988

“The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice”, by Charles F. Taylor, Second Edition, the M.I.T. Press, 1994

“The Romance of Engines”, by Takashi Suzuki, 1997, SAE International

“Internal fire”, by C.L. Jr Cummins, 1989, SAE International

The course syllabus can be found here, which includes the class schedule and grading policy.

Class Notes and HW Assignment

Some PPT presentations used in the class:

1. Introduction

2. Engine Classification and Structure

3. Engine Kinetics and Firing Intervals

4. Engine Operation Characteristics

5. Engine Performance and Testing

6. Thermodynamics Background and Engine Cycles

7. Fuels and Thermo-Chemistry

8. Fuel Properties

9. Air Induction

10. Fuel Delivery for Gasoline Engines

11. Fuel Delivery for Diesel Engines

12. Combustion in Spark-Ignition Engines

13. Combustion in Compression-Ignition Engines

14. Pollutant Emissions from SI and CI Engines

15. Engine Emission Reduction

HW Assignments

1. HW1 Assigned on Aug 27, Due Sep 3, HW1 Solutions

2. HW2 Assigned on Sep 8, Due Sep 15, HW2 Solutions

3. HW3 Assigned on Sep 17, Due Sep 24, HW3 Solutions

4. HW4 Assigned on Oct 6, Due Oct 15, HW4 Solutions

5. HW5 Assigned on Oct 15, Due Oct 29, HW5 Solutions

6. HW6 Assigned on Nov 12, Due Nov 19, HW6 Solutions

7. HW7 Assigned on Nov 19, Due Dec 1, HW7 Solutions

Other Notice:

1. Example solution September 8, 2009

2. Test 1 Review

3. Thermo-chemistry of Fuel Blends

4. Test 2 Review

Note: The copyrights of the cited materials belong to the original authors. These materials are only used for instructional purposes of this course.

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