Light and heavy vehicle technology
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Light and heavy vehicle technology
Newnes, 1992
2nd ed
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Revision for the second edition of this textbook has taken account of the introduction of the City & Guilds 383, Repair and Servicing of Road Vehicles. The book caters for studies at Levels 2 and 3, and is also appropriate for BTEC courses in motor-vehicle engineering.
Table of Contents
- The reciprocating piston petrol engine
- the diesel engine
- combustion chambers and processes
- engine lubrication
- engine cooling and vehicle heating
- carburation and fuel injection
- intake and exhaust systems
- diesel fuel injection systems
- forced induction
- ignition and starter systems
- engine emission control
- rotary piston and gas turbine engines
- friction clutches
- layshaft gearboxes
- fluid couplings and torque converters
- epicyclic gearboxes
- semi-automatic and automatic transmissions
- overdrive gears
- drive lines
- final drives and rear axles
- four-wheel steering systems
- hydraulic brake systems
- air brakes and auxillary retarders
- anti-lock brakes and traction control
- vehicle structure.
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