- Wankel rotary engine (rotary piston engine)
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English-Arabic automotive engineering dictionary. 2015.
Wankel rotary engine (rotary piston engine)
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Wankel engine — The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine which uses a rotary design to convert pressure into a rotating motion instead of using reciprocating pistons. Its four stroke cycle is generally generated in a space between the inside of… … Wikipedia
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Wankel, Felix — born Aug. 13, 1902, Lahr, Ger. died Oct. 9, 1988, Lindau, W.Ger. German engineer and inventor. In 1954 he completed the design of his distinctive engine, with an orbiting rotor in the shape of a curved equilateral triangle, which does the work… … Universalium
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Wankel engine — [waŋ′kəl; ] Ger [ väŋ′kəl] n. [after Felix Wankel (1902 88), Ger engineer and inventor] a rotary internal combustion engine having a three lobed rotor and requiring fewer parts than a comparable piston operated engine: it is less efficient and… … English World dictionary
rotary engine — 1. an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts. 2. a revolving radial engine. [1810 20] * * * Internal combustion engine in which the combustion chambers and… … Universalium
Wankel engine — an internal combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given… … Universalium
wankel engine — A rotary internal combustion engine invented by Felix Wankel (1902 1988). It consists of an equilateral triangular member with curved sides orbiting about an eccentric on a shaft inside a stationary housing whose inner working surface is in the… … Dictionary of automotive terms
Rotary engine (disambiguation) — A rotary engine was a rotating piston engine used in some early aircraft.Confusingly, the Wankel engine a pistonless internal combustion engine used in NSU and some Mazda cars has also been referred to as a rotary engine Rotary engine may also… … Wikipedia
