Meet the Birotary, a crazy new and complicated engine that has three cylinders arranged like a star, a rotating block, a ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

Ferrari has signaled a willingness to challenge one of the most fundamental assumptions in engine design by filing a European patent for oval-shaped pistons, a move that could reshape how future ...

The engine of the future is probably the one under the hood or cab of your current truck. It's an internal combustion engine with pistons, valves, crankshaft and other familiar parts, either an Inline ...

Sandia National Laboratory led by Sandia researcher Peter Van Blarigan that has been testing physical components of free-piston engines which could be 50% efficient. This is about twice as good as ...

Continental Motors was founded in 1905 and introduced its first aircraft engine, the Type “O,” one year later. In 1929, the company began production of radial engines for general aviation. Since then, ...

Developing new engines that perform better, weigh less, use less fuel, and meet stringent emissions standards is the primary goal of most engineers and automotive corporations. Companies continually ...

Piston ring end gaps matter more than you think because they manage pressure and heat, preventing catastrophic failures ...