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Wankel Engine
The Wankel engine (, ) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric (mechanism), eccentric rotary combustion engine, rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. The concept was proven by German engineer Felix Wankel, followed by a commercially feasible engine designed by German engineer Hanns-Dieter Paschke. The Wankel engine's rotor, which creates the turning motion, is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle, with the sides having less curvature. The rotor spins inside a figure-eight-like epitrochoidal housing around a fixed-toothed gearing. The midpoint of the rotor moves in a circle around the output shaft, rotating the shaft via a cam. In its basic gasoline fuelled form, the Wankel engine has lower thermal efficiency and higher exhaust emissions when compared to the four-stroke reciprocating piston engine. The thermal inefficiency has restricted the engine to limited use since its introduction in the 1960s. However, many disadvantages have mainly b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wankel may refer to: * Wankel engine, a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design instead of reciprocating pistons * Wankel AG, a German company that produces Wankel engines for ultralight aircraft and racing cars People * Charlotte Wankel (1888–1969), Norwegian painter * Felix Wankel (1902–1988), German engineer; inventor of the Wankel engine * Georg Reinholdt Wankel (1843–1907), Norwegian politician * Heinrich Wankel (1821–1897), Czech palaeontologist See also * Wenkel Wenkel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Max Wenkel (1864–1943), German automobile pioneer and inventor *Ortrun Wenkel (born 1942), German operatic contralto See also *Wankel *Wenzel Wenzel is a male given name (lon ..., a surname {{surname, Wankel German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
