Università Roma Tre

Reciprocating engines: gasoline and diesel engines.
Design and performance characteristics of gasoline and diesel engines: preliminary analysis and detail design procedure .
Characteristics and performance of power trains for different applications.
Four-stroke engines, two-stroke engines.
Mechanical supercharging and turbocharging: objectives and applications.
Fuel, air and combustion thermodynamics. Air, fuel and exhaust flows.
Heat and mass loss. friction, lubrication and wear.
Characterization of fuels and lubricating oils used in internal combustion engines.
Pollutants formation and control.
Testing equipments and measurements.

Gas Turbines
Architecture of gas turbines for propulsion and industrial uses.
Performance analysis and evaluation of the functional characteristics of compressors, combustion chambers, turbines, and the main auxiliary systems for different structures and different operating conditions and environment.
The aerodynamics of the combustor chamber, the heat flows to the walls and cooling techniques.
Fuel supply systems: liquid and gas.

- J.B.Heywood “INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FUNDAMENTALS” McGraw-Hill, Inc, 1988
- H.I. Saravanamuttoo, H.Cohen, G.F. Rogers “GAS TURBINE THEORY” Prentice Hall, 2001
- H. Lefebvre “GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION” Ed.Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, 1999