Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Department of Mechanical Engineering

CAD-I projects option Form
(To be filled in by the students)

Option-1 (Project No.1 & Wankel Engine)

The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary
design to convert pressure into rotating motion.

Compared to the reciprocating piston engine, the Wankel engine has more uniform
torque; less vibration; and, for a given power, is more compact and weighs less.

The rotor, which creates the turning motion, is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle,
except the sides have less curvature. Wankel engines deliver three power pulses per
revolution of the rotor using the Otto cycle. However, the output shaft uses toothed
gearing to turn three times faster giving one power pulse per revolution. This can be
seen in the animation below. In one revolution, the rotor experiences p ower pulses and
exhausts gas simultaneously, while the four stages of the Otto cycle occur at separate
times. For comparison, in a two-stroke piston engine there is one power pulse for each
crankshaft revolution (as with a Wankel engine output shaft) and, in a four-stroke
piston engine, one power pulse for every two revolutions
Schematic of the Wankel:

1. Intake
2. Exhaust
3. Stator housing
4. Chambers
5. Pinion
6. Rotor
7. Crown gear
8. Eccentric shaft
9. Spark plug.
Option-2 Project No.2 Radial engine
The radial engine is a reciprocating type of internal combustion engine configuration
in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a
wheel. It resembles a stylized star when viewed from the front and is called a "star
engine" in some other languages.
The radial configuration was commonly used for aircraft engines before gas turbine
engines became predominant.

Since the axes of the cylinders are coplanar, the connecting rods cannot all be directly
 attached to the crankshaft unless mechanically complex forked connecting rods are
used, none of which have been successful. Instead, the pistons are connected to the
crankshaft with a master-and-articulating-rod assembly. One piston, the uppermost
one in the animation, has a master rod with a direct attachment to the crankshaft. The
remaining pistons pin their connecting rods' attachments to rings around the edge of
the master rod. Extra "rows" of radial cylinders can be added in order to increase the
capacity of the engine without adding to its diameter.

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