Engine performance

A compression ratio is a value indicating the degree to which drawn-in...

Displacement is the volume (= stroke volume) that can be drawn in or d...

A fuel consumption rate is a value that represents how much fuel an en...

An indicator diagram is a diagram that shows changes in working gas pr...

An indicator is something used to record relationships between piston ...

Piston displacement is the volume that can be drawn in or discharged w...

Mechanical horsepower (HP) is one of the units used to express the amo...

Metric horsepower (PS) is one of the units used to express the amount ...

Indicated horsepower is the value when the work of the combustion gas ...

Net horsepower (effective horsepower) is horsepower that can actually ...

Mechanical loss is the mechanical energy that is consumed in working m...

Shaft horsepower is horsepower that can actually be used.

Brake horsepower is horsepower that can actually be used.

A performance curve is a curve for indicating engine power output, tor...

Performance testing is conducting a test of performance by actually ru...

A power curve is one engine performance curve. Power curves increase i...

Heat balance is calculating, for each system, what percentage of fuel ...

A thermal equilibrium diagram is a graphic illustration of heat balanc...