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Certain concepts of heat and work are necessary before the operation of the internal-combustion engine can be understood. It is assumed that the student at this point has had an introductory course in heat physics or thermodynamics. This chapter is intended only as a review of pressure-volume-temperature relationships for systems of fixed mass that explain the internalcombustion engine cycle or working process.
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Liljedahl, J.B., Turnquist, P.K., Smith, D.W., Hoki, M. (1989). Thermodynamic Principles of Internal-Combustion Engines. In: Tractors and their Power Units. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6632-4_2
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