Light and Heavy Vehicle TechnologyLight 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. |
Contents
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Chapter 2
The diesel engine | 57 |
Chapter 3 Combustion chambers and processes | 69 |
Chapter 4 Engine lubrication | 80 |
Chapter 5 Engine cooling and vehicle heating | 99 |
Chapter 6 Carburation and fuel injection | 118 |
Chapter 7 Intake and exhaust systems | 141 |
Chapter 8 Diesel fuel injection systems | 149 |
Chapter 16 Epicyclic gearboxes | 261 |
Chapter 17 Automatic transmission control systems | 271 |
Chapter 18 Overdrive gears | 282 |
Chapter 19 Drive lines | 288 |
Chapter 20 Final drives and rear axles | 312 |
Chapter 21 Tyres road wheels and hubs | 338 |
Chapter 22 Suspension systems | 352 |
Chapter 23 Manual steering | 374 |
Chapter 9 Forced induction | 175 |
Chapter 10 Ignition system | 181 |
Chapter 11 Engine emission control | 198 |
Chapter 12 Rotary piston and gas turbine engines | 201 |
Chapter 13 Friction clutches | 207 |
Chapter 14 Fluid couplings and torque converters | 226 |
Chapter 15 Layshaft gearboxes | 235 |
Common terms and phrases
adjustment angle application arrangement assembly ball basic brake camshaft carburettor circuit clearance clutch coil combustion chamber commercial vehicle compression connection construction control valve coolant cooling coupling crankcase crankshaft crown wheel cylinder block cylinder head damper diaphragm diesel engine disc dog clutch effect engagement epicyclic gear exhaust valve Figure filter final drive flange flow fluid fluid coupling force friction front fuel injection gear gearbox heat hydraulic ignition increase injector inlet intake joint lever lubrication main bearing mainshaft mechanism modern motor vehicle mounted operation pedal petrol engine pinion piston pivot plug plunger port pressure propeller shaft pump radial-ply tyre radiator rear axle reduced ring rocker roller rotation rubber screw sealing shoe side sliding splined spring loading steering surface suspension switch synchromesh tappet teeth temperature throttle torque torque converter torsional transmission tube turbine tyre universal joint vibration washer wear