Category
page 1Piston engines
internal combustion engine
engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber
steam engine
heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid

crankshaft
thumb|upright=1.2|Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray), cylinders (blue) and flywheel (black)
Stirling engine
engine powered by a source of heat applied externally to it
reciprocating engine
engine utilising one or more reciprocating pistons
compression ratio
Ratio of the volume of a combustion chamber from its largest capacity to its smallest capacity
Otto cycle
thermodynamic cycle for spark ignition piston engines
Newcomen atmospheric engine
early steam engine type
pressure–volume diagram
diagram in thermodynamics, ploting pressure versus volume, typically used for thermodynamic processes
flathead engine
a type of four-stroke engine
Ericsson cycle
Type of thermodynamic cycle
stuffing box
assembly that houses a gland seal
IOE engine
type of combustion engines

free-piston engine
type of engine with no crank
axial engine
type of reciprocating engine
Elsbett
Diesel engine
indicator diagram
chart used to estimate the performance of a steam engine
Sun and planet gear
Type of gear used in early beam engines
turbo-compound engine
reciprocating engine combined with a blowdown turbine
mean effective pressure
physical quantity
stroke ratio
mechanics term
single and double-acting cylinders
classification of reciprocating engine cylinders
Mean Piston Speed
average speed of the piston in a reciprocating engine
Stoddard engine
heat engine
Fluidyne engine
alpha or gamma type Stirling engine with one or more liquid pistons
Bourke engine
type of internal combustion engine