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V engine

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A V engine, or Vee engine is a common configuration for an internal combustion engine. [1]

45 relations: Antoinette (manufacturer), Argus Motoren, Balance shaft, Center of mass, Connecting rod, Crankpin, Crankshaft, Cylinder (engine), Cylinder bank, Daimler-Benz DB 601, Engine balance, Engine configuration, Flat engine, Flat-plane crank, Gottlieb Daimler, H engine, Inline-four engine, Internal combustion engine, Lancia V4 engine, Léon Levavasseur, Motorboat, Piston, Radial engine, Straight engine, Straight-six engine, U engine, V-twin engine, V10 engine, V12 engine, V14 engine, V16 engine, V18 engine, V20 engine, V24 engine, V3 engine, V4 engine, V5 engine, V6 engine, V8 engine, Volkswagen Group, VR6 engine, W engine, Wilhelm Maybach, World War II, X engine.

Antoinette (manufacturer)

Antoinette was a French manufacturer of light petrol engines.

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Argus Motoren

Argus Motoren was a German manufacturing firm known for their series of small inverted-V engines and the Argus As 014 pulsejet for the V-1 flying bomb.

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Balance shaft

In piston engine engineering, a balance shaft is an eccentric weighted shaft that offsets vibrations in engine designs that are not inherently balanced.

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Center of mass

In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space is the unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero, or the point where if a force is applied it moves in the direction of the force without rotating.

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Connecting rod

A connecting rod is a shaft which connects a piston to a crank or crankshaft in a reciprocating engine.

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Crankpin

A crankpin or crank journal is a journal in an engine or mechanical device.

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Crankshaft

A crankshaft—related to crank—is a mechanical part able to perform a conversion between reciprocating motion and rotational motion.

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Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels.

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Cylinder bank

Internal combustion piston engines (those with more than one cylinder) are usually arranged so that the cylinders are in lines parallel to the crankshaft.

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Daimler-Benz DB 601

The Daimler-Benz DB 601 was a German aircraft engine built during World War II.

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Engine balance

Engine balance refers to those factors in the design, production, engine tuning, maintenance and the operation of an engine that benefit from being balanced.

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Engine configuration

Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine.

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Flat engine

A flat engine is an internal combustion engine with horizontally-opposed cylinders.

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Flat-plane crank

The flat-plane crank (sometimes flatplane) is a type of crankshaft for use in internal combustion engines that has a 180 degree angle between crank throws.

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Gottlieb Daimler

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (17 March 1834 – 6 March 1900) was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg, a federal state of the German Confederation), in what is now Germany.

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H engine

An H engine (or H-block) is an engine configuration in which the cylinders are aligned so that if viewed from the front, they appear to be in a vertical or horizontal letter H. An H engine can be viewed as two flat engines, one atop or beside the other.

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Inline-four engine

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a type of inline internal combustion four-cylinder engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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Lancia V4 engine

Italian automobile company Lancia were the first to manufacture cars with V4 and V6 engines in series-production.

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Léon Levavasseur

Léon Levavasseur (8 January 1863 – 26 February 1922) was a French powerplant engineer, aircraft designer and inventor.

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Motorboat

A motorboat, speedboat, or powerboat is a boat which is powered by an engine.

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Piston

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.

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Radial engine

The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel.

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Straight engine

The straight or inline engine is an internal-combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row and having no offset.

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Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine or inline-six engine (often abbreviated I6 or L6) is an internal combustion engine with the cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft (straight engine).

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U engine

A U engine is a piston engine made up of two separate straight engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by gears or chains.

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V-twin engine

A V-twin engine, also called a V2 engine, is a two-cylinder internal combustion engine where the cylinders are arranged in a V configuration.

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V10 engine

A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinders in two banks of five.

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V12 engine

A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders each, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft.

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V14 engine

A V14 engine is a V engine with 14 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of seven.

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V16 engine

A V16 engine is a V engine with 16 cylinders.

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V18 engine

A V18 engine is a V engine with 18 cylinders.

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V20 engine

A V20 engine is a V engine with 20 cylinders, arranged in two banks of 10.

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V24 engine

A V24 engine is a V engine with 24 cylinders, suitable only for very large trucks or locomotives.

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V3 engine

The V3 engine is a V engine with three cylinders.

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V4 engine

A V4 engine is a four-cylinder engine with its cylinders arranged in a "V" configuration.

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V5 engine

The V5 engine is a V form engine with five cylinders.

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V6 engine

A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankshaft in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a 60 or 90 degree angle to each other.

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V8 engine

A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder V configuration engine with the cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two sets (or banks) of four, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft.

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Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen AG, known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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VR6 engine

VR6 engines, and the later VR5 variants, are a family of internal combustion engines, characterised by a narrow-angle (10.5° or 15°) V engine configuration.

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W engine

A W engine is a type of reciprocating engine arranged with its cylinders in a configuration in which the cylinder banks resemble the letter W, in the same way those of a V engine resemble the letter V. Four different configurations have been called W engines.

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Wilhelm Maybach

(9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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X engine

An X engine is a piston engine comprising twinned V-block engines horizontally opposed to each other.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_engine

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