The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice: Vol. 1 - 2nd Edition, Revised: Thermodynamics, Fluid Flow, Performance Review

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(More customer reviews)Sadly there will be no 3rd edition by Taylor. He died in 1996, at the age of 102. These volumes remain classics. Written by a person whose life spanned most of the development of the internal combustion engine, and who worked for the Wright brothers.
The book gives an excellent education in the basic physics of the engine. Nor does the book confine itself to a strict 4 stroke engine. It also covers the two stroke engine, typically found in motorcycles and lawnmowers. The comparison between the 4 and 2 stroke designs are especially illuminating. It gives you an idea of the defining properties of both, and their relative limitations.
Perhaps Taylor's estate can find someone suitably talented to co-author a third edition. The second edition dates from 1985, and there have been improvements in this field. Somewhat modest perhaps, but the progress of time makes those changes sufficient to deserve recognition in a book of this repute. Plus, the currently perceived high price of petrol is leading to investigations of improved engine performance, be this in such areas as fuel mixtures or mechanical configuration. Another incentive to update the text.

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This revised edition of Taylor's classic work on the internal-combustionengine incorporates changes and additions in engine design and control that havebeen brought on by the world petroleum crisis, the subsequent emphasis on fueleconomy, and the legal restraints on air pollution.The fundamentals and the topicalorganization, however, remain the same. The analytic rather than merely descriptivetreatment of actual engine cycles, the exhaustive studies of air capacity, heatflow, friction, and the effects of cylinder size, and the emphasis on applicationhave been preserved. These are the basic qualities that have made Taylor's workindispensable to more than one generation of engineers and designers ofinternal-combustion engines, as well as to teachers and graduate students in thefields of power, internal-combustion engineering, and general machine design.CharlesFayette Taylor is Professor of Automotive Engineering Emeritus at MIT. He directedthe Sloan Automotive Laboratories at MIT from 1926 to 1960

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