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ME-4204: Internal Combustion Engines

Description: Analysis and design of gasoline and diesel engines. Fundamental processes and their application in current technology. Thermodynamics: air standard and air-fuel cycles. Combustion: stoichiometry, fuels, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, flame propagation, knock, pollutant formation and control. Flow processes: volumetric efficiency, intake and exhaust tuning, two-stroke scavenging, carburetion, fuel injection, super- and turbo-charging.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ME-2134 and ME-3414

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 2.94 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 24.65%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 11.63%

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