ME 457 - Internal Combustion Engines I

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Introduction to thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and performance of internal combustion engines including: introduction to engine types and their operation, engine design and operating parameters, ideal thermodynamic cycles, thermodynamics of actual working fluids and actual cycles, gas exchange processes, heat losses, performance, exhaust gas analysis and air pollution. With laboratory. Offered fall.
Prerequisite(s): ME 456, senior standing and major standing.