Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

  1. 514 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

About this book

Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology, Third Edition covers the essential technology requirements of the City and Guilds Motor Vehicle Craft Studies (381) Part 2, for both light and heavy vehicles. The book discusses the reciprocating piston petrol and diesel engines with regard to their operating principles and combustion chambers and processes. The book also apprises vehicle heating and the importance of engine lubrication and cooling. Numerous examples of vehicle maintenance procedure and of diagnosing vehicle misbehavior in service are also considered. The book covers the different vehicle systems including intake and exhaust, diesel fuel injection, ignition, automatic transmission control, suspension, hydraulic brake, and electrical systems. The vehicle structure, manual and power-assisted steering, tires, road wheels and hubs, layshaft and epicyclic gearboxes, and fluid couplings and torque converters are also discussed. Students of mechanics and mechanical engineering studies will find this book invaluable.

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Information

Publisher
Newnes
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780434914739
eBook ISBN
9781483105062
Topic
Technik & Maschinenbau
Subtopic
Maschinenbau Allgemein

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface to the Third Edition
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1. The reciprocating piston petrol engine
  9. Chapter 2. The diesel engine
  10. Chapter 3. Combustion chambers and processes
  11. Chapter 4. Engine lubrication
  12. Chapter 5. Engine cooling and vehicle heating
  13. Chapter 6. Carburation and fuel injection
  14. Chapter 7. Intake and exhaust systems
  15. Chapter 8. Diesel fuel injection systems
  16. Chapter 9. Forced induction
  17. Chapter 10. Ignition system
  18. Chapter 11. Engine emission control
  19. Chapter 12. Rotary piston and gas turbine engines
  20. Chapter 13. Friction clutches
  21. Chapter 14. Fluid couplings and torque converters
  22. Chapter 15. Layshaft gearboxes
  23. Chapter 16. Epicyclic gearboxes
  24. Chapter 17. Automatic transmission control systems
  25. Chapter 18. Overdrive gears
  26. Chapter 19. Drive lines
  27. Chapter 20. Final drives and rear axles
  28. Chapter 21. Tyres, road wheels and hubs
  29. Chapter 22. Suspension systems
  30. Chapter 23. Manual steering
  31. Chapter 24. Power-assisted steering
  32. Chapter 25. Hydraulic brake systems
  33. Chapter 26. Air brakes and auxiliary retarders
  34. Chapter 27. Vehicle structure
  35. Chapter 28. Electrical system
  36. Index

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