CARS WITH DIESEL ENGINES: DEVELOPMENT AND TRENDS IN ENGINE TECHNOLOGY

VETTURE AUTOMOBILI CON MOTORE DIESEL: EVOLUZIONE STORICA ED INDIRIZZI TEONICO-MOTORISTICI

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES AND ILLUSTRATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIESEL ENGINES FOR USE IN CARS, BETWEEN 1923 AND 1973. PRESENT ENGINES AND THEIR MAIN CHARACTERISTICS ARE DESCRIBED, AND THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF DIESEL OIL INJECTION ARE ANALYSED. SOME POSSIBILITIES ARE OUTLINED FOR FUTURE PROGRESS, AND SOME CRITERIA DEFINED FOR THE DESIGN OF FASTER AND LIGHTER DIESEL ENGINES.

• Corporate Authors:

  Automobile Club d'Italia

  Via Marsala 8
  00185 Rome,   Italy 

  Communications Society

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Medici, M
• Publication Date: 1974-1-2

Language

• Undetermined

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 47-77 2
• Serial:
  • Automobilismo e Automobilismo Industriale
  • Issue Number: 1-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Chemical analysis; Design; Development; Diesel engines; Fuel injection; Resource extraction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Extraction (Chemistry)
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 9013: Development; 1314: Diesel engine
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083134
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM