Bore (engine)
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Bore, is a term used in describing a part of a piston engine. Also known as 'cylinder bore' it also represents the size, in terms of diameter, of the cylinder in which a piston travels. The value of a cylinders bore, and stroke, is used to establish the displacement of an engine.[1]
The term "bore" can also be applied to the bore of a locomotive cylinder or steam engine pistons.
References
- ↑ Schwaller, Anthony (1999). Motor Automotive Technology. Delmar, New York
See also
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
|
Aircraft piston engine components, systems and terminology
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piston engines | |||||
| Propellers |
|
||||
| Engine instruments | |||||
| Engine controls | |||||
| Fuel and induction system |
|||||
| Other systems | |||||
| Operating cycle | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valves |
|
||||||||||||||||||
| Mechanisms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Boilers |
|
||||||||||||||||||
| Cylinder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Condenser | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||||||||||
| History |
|
||||||||||||||||||
| See also | |||||||||||||||||||
{2655
