piston combustion chamber

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• combustion chamber — n. 1. the chamber in a reciprocating engine between the cylinder head and the piston, in which combustion occurs 2. the chamber inside a jet, or rocket, engine in which fuel and air, or an oxidizer, are mixed and burned: see COMBUSTOR …   English World dictionary

• Combustion chamber — A combustion chamber is the part of an engine in which fuel is burned. Contents 1 Internal combustion engine 1.1 Petrol or gasoline engine 1.2 Diesel engine 1.3 Gas …   Wikipedia

• combustion chamber — The volume of the space in the cylinder above the piston with the piston at top dead center (TDC) in the compression stroke. The head of the piston, the cylinder walls, and the head form the chamber. Combustion of the fuel air mixture begins here …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• combustion chamber volume — volume of combustion chamber (space above piston with piston on TDC) measured in cc (cubic centimetres) …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• spherical combustion chamber — The combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine equipped with reciprocating pistons is ideally very compact in design, i.e., without gaps, grooves, edges, etc.; the most favourable design would thus be a sphere but the valves of a four… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• combustion chamber recess — The area where combustion occurs in a rotary piston engine …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• piston and cylinder — In mechanical engineering, a sliding cylinder with a closed head (the piston) that moves up and down (or back and forth) in a slightly larger cylindrical chamber (the cylinder) by or against pressure of a fluid, as in an engine or pump. The… …   Universalium

• Piston ring — A piston ring is an open ended ring that fits into a groove on the outer diameter of a piston in a reciprocating engine such as an internal combustion engine or steam engine. The three main functions of piston rings in reciprocating engines are:# …   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

• Component parts of internal combustion engines — Internal combustion engines come in a wide variety of types, but have certain family resemblances, and thus share many common types of components. Contents 1 Combustion chambers 2 Ignition system 2.1 Spark 2.2 Compression …   Wikipedia

• Oil pump (internal combustion engine) — This article is about a part in an internal combustion engine. For other uses, see Oil pump. Oil circulation system …   Wikipedia