Malcolm Nunney

Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For students studying automotive engineering up to Level 3 and for practising engineers. The popular, comprehensive automotive technology book for the vocational market has now been completely revised and updated throughout. This new edition covers the latest developments in alternative power sources and fuels, diesel systems and transmissions. Fully illustrated with over 1,000 images, it's a core book for all students of automotive engineering up to level three as well as practising engineers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 684
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 216mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1860g
• ISBN-13: 9781138128354
• ISBN-10: 113812835X
• Artikelnr.: 44119120

Autorenporträt

M.J. Nunney

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Reciprocating Piston Petrol Engine 2. The Diesel Engine 3.
Combustion Chambers and Processes 4. Engine Lubrication 5. Engine Cooling,
Vehicle Heating and Air Conditioning 6. Carburation and Fuel Injection 7.
Intake and Exhaust Systems 8. Diesel Fuel Injection Systems 9. Forced
Induction 10. Ignition and Starter Systems 11. Engine Emission Control 12.
Rotary Piston Engines 13. Friction Clutches 14. Layshaft Gearboxes 15.
Fluid Couplings and Torque Converters 16. Epicyclic Gearboxes 17. Semi- and
Automatic Transmission Systems 18. Overdrive Gears 19. Drive Lines 20.
Final Drives and Rear Axles 21. Four-Wheel Drive Systems 22. Tyres, Road
Wheels and Hubs 23. Suspension Systems 24. Manual Steering 25.
Power-Assisted Steering 26. Four Wheel Steering Systems 27. Hydraulic Brake
Systems 28. Air and Endurance Brake Systems 29, Anti-Lock Brakes and
Traction Control 30. Vehicle Structures and Aerodynamics 31. Alternative
Power Sources and Fuels 32. Battery-Electric, Hybrid and Fuel-Cell Vehicles