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Advanced Engine Technology List of Chapters: Preface 3 Engine Balance and Vibration • The concept of balance and vibration Acknowledgements • Multi-cylinder crankshaft balancing of rotating masses 1 Valves and Camshafts • Primary and secondary piston movement • Engine valve timing diagrams • Balancing of the reciprocating parts of a • Valve operating conditions single cylinder engine • Mechanism of valve head corrosion • Primary and secondary piston movement • Identification of the causes of valve failure • Offset vee six and vee eight crankshaft • Hydraulic operated tappets big-end journals • Cams and camshafts • Torsional vibration • Cam design • Valve actuating mechanism 4 Combustion Chamber Design considerations and Engine Performance • Introduction to combustion chamber 2 Camshaft Chain Belt and Gear Train design Drives • Spark ignition combustion process • Camshaft timed drives • Detonation • Camshaft pulley, sprocket and gear wheel • Lean or fast burn combustion chamber attachments technology • Camshaft chain drive arrangements • A comparison of the breathing ability of • Chain tensioners and vibration damper various valve arrangements strips • General relationships between valve • C