Engine classification

How to Classify Engines According to Cylinder

Arrangements?
Ayan Saha Ikuti
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Diterbitkan 6 Feb 2023

How to Classify Engines According to

Cylinder Arrangements?
How to Classify Engines According to Cylinder Arrangements?

The automobile engines may have one, two, three, four, six, eight, twelve, and sixteen
cylinders. One-cylinder engine is used in scooters and motorcycles. Two cylinder
engine is used in tractors. Four, and six-cylinder engines are used in cars, jeeps, buses,
and trucks.

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American passenger cars have eight-cylinder engines. Twelve- and sixteen-cylinder
engines are also used in some passenger cars, Beri
buses, trucks, and industrial
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used in foreign front-drive automobiles.
The cylinders can be arranged in several ways—vertical, horizontal, in a row (in-line), in
two rows or banks set at an angle (V-type), in two rows opposing each other (flat or
pancake), or like spokes on a wheel (radial).

Single Cylinder Engine-

Single-cylinder engines are used generally for light vehicles like scooters and
motorcycles. The maximum size of the single-cylinder engine is restricted to about
250 — 300 c.c. Jawa has 250 c.c. engine, Rajdoot Motorcycle 175 c.c., Lambretta 150
c.c., Vespa 150 c.c., Vijay Deluxe 150 c.c., Luna, Suvega, and Vicky moped have 50 c.c.
engines. Higher engine size

will require heavy engines due to the higher unbalance forces in a single-cylinder
engine.

Two Cylinder Engine-

Two-cylinder engines are used mostly in tractors. They are also used in a small
German automobile and DAF of Holland cars. The arrangement of the cylinders in the
two-cylinder engines may be of three types :

In-line vertical type-

In this type of cylinder arrangement, the two cylinders are placed side by side
vertically, so that their cranks are 180° apart. When one cylinder is at T.D.C., the other
will be at B.D.C. This type of arrangement provides good balancing and more uniform
torque.

V-type-

In this type of cylinder arrangement, two cylinders are placed with their center lines at
some angle to each other. This angle is usually 60 degrees. The engine having this
arrangement is more compact and economical. The same crankcase as used in a
single-cylinder engine may be used in it.

Opposed type engine-

In this type of cylinder arrangement, the two cylinders are arranged horizontally to
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each other. The piston and connecting rod movements are identical, which causes the
engine to be perfectly balanced, as regards Beri
the reciprocating forces. But, because the
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two cylinders are not in line, the forces in the connecting rods produce a rocking
couple. The crankshaft and camshaft are positioned between the two cylinders. The
engine having this type of cylinder arrangement can run smoothly at much higher
speeds. It also gives much higher outputs. But the length of the engine increases too
much and the engine has to be placed in the transverse direction in the car.

Three-cylinder Engine-

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