Inline and V engines dominate modern combustion vehicle design. Each layout offers unique advantages in packaging, smoothness, cost, and performance. Here is how the two configurations differ and why ...

Engineers at UC Davis have built a remarkable device that creates power at night by tapping into something we rarely think ...

Engines with cylinders in different configurations have different power and torque characteristics, and these are two of the most common.

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both into a single ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

How the 13B-MSP Renesis evolved from earlier Mazda rotary designs, technical features explained, and common problems and maintenance issues discussed. The 13B-MSP Renesis rotary engine powered the ...

Breaking from the variants that came before it, theBoeing 747-8 is exclusively powered by the General Electric GEnx-2B turbofan, a close relative of the GE engine powering the popular Boeing 787 ...