Modern Marine Internal Combustion Engines A Technical and Historical Overview

This book offers a comprehensive and timely overview of internal combustion engines for use inmarine environments. It reviews the development of modern four-stroke marine engines, gas andgas-dieselengines and low-speed two-stroke crosshead engines, describing their application areasand providing readers with a useful snapshot of their technical features, e.g. their dimensions, weights, cylinder arrangements, cylinder capabilities, rotation speeds,andexhaust gas temperatures. For each marine engine, informationisprovided onthe manufacturer, historical background, development and technical characteristics of the manufacturer''s most popular models, and detailed drawings of the engine, depicting its main design features.This book offers a unique, self-contained reference guide for engineers and professionals involved in shipbuilding. At the same time, it is intended to support students at maritime academies and university students in naval architecture/marine engineering with their design projects at both master and graduate levels, thus filling an important gap in the literature.