# Readings

## Required Textbook

Heywood, J. B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988. ISBN: 9780070286375.

Corrections to the required text from the author (PDF) (Courtesy John Heywood. Used with permission.)

For further reading on internal combustion engines, an annotated bibliography (PDF) is available.

Course calendar.
LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS
--- | --- | ---
1 | Introduction to SI and DI engines | Chapter 1
2 | Engine operating characteristics | Chapter 2.1 - 2.15
3 | Ideal cycle analysis | Chapter 5.1 - 5.4
4 | Combustion and thermochemistry | Chapter 3.1 - 3.5
5 | Kinetics, equilibrium and dissociation | Chapter 3.7
6 | Gas properties and fuel - air cycle; cycle simulation | Chapter 4 Chapter 5.5 & 5.8
7 | Mixture preparation in SI engines | Chapter 6.1 - 6.7
8 | Intake and exhaust processes | Chapter 7
9 | SI engine combustion | Chapter 9.1 - 9.5
10 | SI engine combustion (cont.); knock | Chapter 9.6
11 | SI engine emissions | Chapter 11.1 - 11.2.3; 11.3
12 | SI engine emissions (cont.) | Chapter 11.4 - 11.4.3
13 | SI engine emissions control | [No readings]
14 | Emission measurements | [No readings]
15 | Diesel engine characteristics | Chapter 10.1 - 10.4
16 | Diesel engine: injection, ignition and combustion | Chapter 10.5 - 10.7
17 | Diesel engine emissions and control | Chapter 11.2.4 - 11.4.4
18 | Engine heat transfer | Chapter 12
19 | Engine friction and tribology | Chapter 13
20 | Turbocharging | Chapter 6.8
21 | Hydrogen, fuel cell and battery | [No readings]
22 | Bio fuels and hybrids | [No readings]