In a motorcycle engine, a piston is forced down toward the crankshaft when the fuel in the
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In a motorcycle engine, a piston is forced down toward the crankshaft when the fuel in the top of the piston's cylinder undergoes combustion. The mixture of gaseous combustion products then expands adiabatically as the piston descends. Find the average power in
(a) Watts and
(b) Horsepower
That is involved in this expansion when the engine is running at 3800 rpm, assuming that the gauge pressure immediately after combustion is 15 atm, the initial volume is 52 cm3, and the volume of the mixture at the bottom of the stroke is 230 cm3. Assume that the gases are diatomic and that the time involved in the expansion is one-half that of the total cycle.
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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach
ISBN: 978-0073398174
8th edition
Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
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