Engine
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An engine (機關) or prime mover (原動機, also called a motor) is a machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy. Later it was also used in civilian life, and people began designing and building roads, bridges, buildings, and so on. It is also essential for things like driving a car.
Animated Engines
Shows various engines in operation as animations, with step-by-step detailed explanations
- Otto's four-stroke engine (4-Cycle engine): almost all modern cars
- Rudolf Diesel's Diesel engine : cars, trucks, and boats
- Two-stroke engine : chainsaws, jet skis, light motorcycles, model airplanes
- Atkinson engine : an efficient hybrid engine. Sonata/Ioniq Hybrid and Palisade, Prius, Mercedes ML450, etc.
- Jet Propulsion engine : airplanes
- Steam engine : trains of the 1800s to 1950s
- Watt/Grasshopper Beam engine : driving factory machinery
- Stirling engine : a simple engine developed in 1816. Because it can work with any heat source, it can be used for alternative fuels, solar power generation, and geothermal power generation