Vee-Eight Engine

 
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WM2D File

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Info

Vee engines can be viewed as two inline engines connected at a common crankshaft (in pink), with vee six and vee eight being the most common configurations. The vee angle (angle between cylinders) of the vee eight’s is 90°.

Source

This Working Model file is adapted from Figure 13-1 on p.639 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R. L., McGraw-Hill, 2004, and also from Figure 1.1.1 on p.3 in Computer-Aided Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems, Volume I: Basic Methods, by Haug, E.J., published by Allyn and Bacon, 1989.

Credits

This Working Model file was first developed by Jie (Jeff) Yang.