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01-27-2003, 01:02 PM
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Sorry for the noobie question but what is the mathematical name( if there is one) for the rotor? Fat triangle? Puffy triangle?
01-27-2003, 01:59 PM
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Hmm... convex faced triangle maybe? The compression ratio will change with the convexity of the triangle faces but the displacement will not. Similarly, the volume of the recesses or "bathtubs" on the rotor faces will change the compression ratio but not the displacement.
01-27-2003, 02:28 PM
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I'm sure there is a name for it, but it escapes me. Somewhere at home I have a reprint of the technical paper on the rotary engine that Kenichi Yamamoto presented to the SAE all those years ago. I'll see if I can dig it up.
01-27-2003, 06:04 PM
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Originally posted by B-Nez
I thought it was epitrochoid...that's what I've always called it
I thought it was epitrochoid...that's what I've always called it
But that's the shape of the rotor housing, not the rotor itself, which was the original question.
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