Mechanical Engineering for Fun: HELLLOOOOOOO!!!!!

Welcome to Mechanical Engineering for Fun

The site for people who love the smell of grease and petrol, who love to tinker with engines and get excited about power but want to know a little more.

If you want to learn about science engineering principles, brush up on your maths skills and start to understand your engine at a higher level. Want to know what horsepower really is? How the engine turns a liquid into motion? How to improve the efficiency, power output or dynamics of your vehicle? Then this blog is going to try and help you.

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I am not some boffin who is going to try and make this as complicated as possible. I do have a Degree in Motorcycle Engineering (2013) and enjoyed learning so much I am wanting to pass this enthusiasm onto others. I want to make this as accessible as possible to everyone with a moderate level of maths skills. For the higher level maths skills I am going to have an area to help you. I will guide you through the processes as simply as I can. The science is going to be interesting and I will give full formula and as much information as possible. It is up to you how you want to learn from this, but you will not get a degree at the end, I am sorry about that. But this will set you up if you are interested enough, to go and start gaining certified qualifications.

Pages within this site:

Engineering Science
Mathematical skills
Engine management
Links to more detailed engineering sites
updates on Engineering News
Group discussions
(more will be added)

Click on the link above that will lead you to a choice of pages, and the learning will begin. If your maths skills are not the hottest then perhaps that is the section you need to start with. But it is possible to go through the science pages along side the maths.

Suck Squeeze Bang Blow!!!!

(No naughty thoughts please)

This is a very easy way to remember the sequence of a 4 stroke engine and is the first thing that most people learn when learning engines. Obviously different engines have different formats such as a 2 stroke engine, but they are not as common as the 4 stroke.

Suck the air and fuel into the cylinder.
Squeeze the air in the cylinder to build up the heat.
Bang! ignite the mixture.
Blow out the hot mixture through the exhaust.

Following is a short video to explain this process and hopefully it will help you get your head around the sequence.

Now this is just to get you interested really. Keep visiting everyday as I will try to update somewhere each day. A new bit of information, new bit of data, a new equation for you to practice with.

Enjoy!!!

Morticia

Useful sites to visit:

IMechE This is probably the most comprehensive site i could recommend. It is made by engineers for engineers. This site will keep you up to date on major engineering projects that are happening around the world. It is full of information and has regular seminars for people to go to. It is the top of the league when it comes to engineering knowledge.

There may be sections that confuse you but feel free to message and ask. It has key information and I am going to be a member of the IMechE group soon, just need to sign up and pay my money.

Mechanical Engineering for Fun