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Rotary Engines – A Concept Review
Technical Paper
2003-01-3206
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The basic design of a purely rotary motion engine has potentially many advantages over the conventional piston-crank internal combustion engine. Although only one rotary engine has been successfully placed into production, rotary mechanisms still show promise in the market place. A comprehensive review of rotary engine concepts is presented with an emphasis placed on the last 30 years. Suggestions are made as to where research concentrations should be placed to improve the progress of a rotary engine.
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Thompson, G., Wowczuk, Z., and Smith, J., "Rotary Engines – A Concept Review," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-3206, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-3206.Also In
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