Crankshaft — For other uses, see Crankshaft (disambiguation). Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray) in their cylinders (blue), and flywheel (black) The crankshaft, sometimes casually abbreviated to crank, is the part of an engine which translates reciprocating… … Wikipedia
Crankshaft (disambiguation) — A crankshaft is the part of an engine which translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation. Crankshaft can also mean: Crankshaft (comic strip), a comic strip by Tom Batiuk Douglas Murray (ice hockey), an ice hockey player nicknamed… … Wikipedia
Crankshaft — Vilebrequin (moteur) Usine Volkswagen de fabrication de vilebrequins. Le vilebrequin est un dispositif mécanique présent notamment sur les moteurs thermiques assurant la transmission de l effort générée par l explosion des gaz vers la boîte de… … Wikipédia en Français
plane of rotation — The plane in which a propeller or a helicopter rotor rotates. It is perpendicular to the crankshaft or the rotorshaft. In the case of a helicopter rotor, it is the same as a tip path plane … Aviation dictionary
V6 engine — A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each other, with all six pistons driving a common crankshaft. It is the second most… … Wikipedia
Wankel engine — The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine which uses a rotary design to convert pressure into a rotating motion instead of using reciprocating pistons. Its four stroke cycle is generally generated in a space between the inside of… … Wikipedia
Balance shaft — In piston engine engineering, a balance shaft is an eccentric weighted shaft which offsets vibrations in engine designs that are not inherently balanced (for example, most four cylinder engines). They were first invented by British engineer… … Wikipedia
Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high … Wikipedia
Straight-4 — The straight 4 or inline 4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical … Wikipedia
Napier Deltic — engine at the National Railway Museum, York, UK The Napier Deltic engine is a British opposed piston valveless, two stroke diesel engine used in marine and locomotive applications, designed and produced by Napier Son. The cylinders were divided… … Wikipedia
Flat-4 — A flat 4 or horizontally opposed 4 is a flat engine with four cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central crankcase. The pistons are usually mounted on the crankshaft such that opposing pistons move… … Wikipedia