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Originally Posted by doh
by allowing the mixture to expand to a larger volume than was drawn into the cylinder, more energy was extracted giving greater fuel efficiency than the Otto-cycle
A cool example is at the link, http://www.keveney.com/Atkinson.html |
That site is awesome! Those animations are well done, but the crankshaft linkage on the Atkinson engine is confusing. The 6.0L achieves the Atkinson effect with its camshaft design.