Learn about every Engine Layout in just one video | V-W-X-U-H Engines
Straight/Inline engine:
The straight or inline engine is an internal combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row and having no offset. An inline engine has a simple design and is often denoted as an ‘I’ engine. Usually found in four, six- and eight-cylinder configurations, 8 cylinders in a row would be too long to fit in most engine bays.
V-Engine:
V-Engines are one of the most common engine types; they have their cylinders configured in a V shape; it consists of two-cylinder banks-usually with the same number of cylinders in each bank-connected to a common crankshaft. These engines usually are at a 90-degree angle and are typically found in 6, 8, 10, or 12 cylinders.
Flat-Engine:
Flat engines are horizontally opposed piston engines. It is the same as the V configuration engines but with a 180° angle between the cylinder banks. Flat engines have been around since the 1890s. A flat engine is a 180° V engine that works similarly to any other V engine. Each pair of cylinders shares a single crankpin so that as one piston moves inward, the other moves outward.
Boxer Engine:
The Boxer engine is a horizontally opposed internal combustion engine designed with opposing cylinders on each side of a central rotating crankshaft. As you look at the piston movement, each opposing piston will do exactly the same stroke. They are actually mirroring each other. When the left piston is compressing, the right will also be compressing; when combusting, the second will also be combusting, and so on.
W-Engine:
A W-Engine is a type of piston engine where three- or four-cylinder banks use the same crankshaft, resembling the letter W when viewed from the front. W engines with three banks of cylinders are also called "broad arrow" engines because of the resemblance. W engines are less common than V engines. A W engine is typically shorter and wider than a V engine.
Wankel Rotary Engine:
The rotary engines are truly a unique concept and have been made successful by Mazda. It was invented by German engineer Felix Wankel.
It consists of a three-lobe rotor of a triangular shape with curved sides that rotates eccentrically in an oval chamber.
Radial Engine:
The radial engine is a reciprocating type of internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel. C. M. Manly constructed a water-cooled five-cylinder radial engine in 1901. The radial configuration was commonly used for aircraft engines before gas turbine engines became predominant.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Single-Cylinder Engine
03:46 - Inline Engine
05:47 - V-Engine
08:46 - Flat-Engine
10:00 - Boxer Engine
11:58 - W-Engine
13:44 - Wankel Rotary Engine
16:02 - Radial Engine
18:01 - X-Engine
19:13 - U-Engine
20:27 - H-Engine
21:53 - Opposed Piston Engine
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You mentioned that "Porsche, Subaru and Toyota are the only manufacturers that offer boxer engines", but you forgot BMW who offers several models of their motorcycles with excellent boxer engines.
Honda boxer 6....he said superbikes use v4.... Only panigale, every other is i4
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Lotus did a flat 4 aswell??
@@gregcook1285 Lotus doesn't make their engines, they use Toyota engines.
Very enlightening video! Thank you. Most of the cars I've owned have been V6's or inline 4's. I've had an Audi A6 with a supercharged V6, which was a great engine until it got near 100K miles, very $$$ to repair. So, now I'm all about naturally aspirated V6's that can take 87 octane, like on my new Lexus ES 350, which has plenty of power and great gas mileage on account of its 8-speed transmission. I hope to keep it a long time -heard they last well over 300K and still run great, as long as maintained.
The Sherman Tank engine was not called a W. It was 5 separate 6-cylinder inline engines (flat head) bolted to a common block (in place of each engines oil pan). It was called a Multi-bank.
The Sherman used five completely different engines…
@@allangibson8494 Technically 5 engine sub-blocks which were bolted to a central crankcase. They were unable to operate independently as they shared their radiator, water pump, oil pan and oil pumps. 1 engine not 5 different ones.
@@SaintBuick no no...different sherman models used different engines.
Some later productions and variations had radial engines like the M4A1 which was a improvement of the standard production M4
Crankcase, cylinder, head
The Sherman tank "W-30" engine (by Chrysler) is not really a "W" engine, but rather 5 separate flathead inline 6 engines mounted on a single mounting module, with gears on the flywheels turning a large gear on a central shaft.
Some later production Shermans like the easy 8 had radial engines
It's called a crank case, no different than a horizontally opposed engine.
I'd like to study engineering, this video has inspired me.
I have a 1997 Jeep Cherokee with the good old 4L i6, not very fantastic in terms of speed or power however she gets me through the snow and has so far been very reliable.
I've heard that they're one of the most reliable engines made in recent times, up there with Toyota's 22re engine
Torquey I presume.
Considered one of the most durable engines ever made.
The opposed piston engine you showed, with added rocker arms and connecting rods, is one I never saw before. I know of the OP engines used in Southern Pacific Railroad locomotives made by Fairbanks Morse. These were used to haul the fast acceleration passenger commuter trains between San Jose and San Francisco, that I rode on. The FM engines had two crankshafts top and bottom geared together with the final drive from the lower shaft. One crankshaft lead the other by 20 degrees. These FM engines were two stroke diesel with a rootes blower to push in air. They had no valves in the cylinders using only ports for intake and exhaust. They did not meet emission standards of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District though and were retired in 1975. I understand the same FM engines were used in marine service, having heard the same sound coming from a tug boat. The "Deltic" opposed piston engine was also mentioned. I have heard of these in some British diesel locomotives. This used three OP engines in an 60 degree triangular formation. Any 1 of the 3 crankshafts were used by 2 adjacent cylinder banks.
So much work had been done. Thank you for your great work.
Thank you too!
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You missed a few - the delta and opposed piston engines. The opposed piston engine has the cylinders in between two crankshafts with the pistons pushing towards each other. The delta builds on that by having three cranks and three cylinder banks between the three crankshafts. Junkers developed the opposed piston engines for aircraft use before WW2.
You should have watched to the end, where they have the opposed piston, and what looks like an animation for a double opposed piston engine....
The Napier Deltic is a very useful piece of kit. Locomotives, boats and the worlds most powerful fire pump.
There is another engine that not many have heard, also the most difficult but should be the most efficient, many tried to design and have either failed or had not been to successful, I had a try designing it too
The master of opposed piston engines was junkers. The WWII Jumo 223 and 224 two stroke diesel aeroi engines were rhomboidal, that is a square standing on one edge, with four crankshafts. Look them up, they were magnificent. They never went into production and like the rest of Junkers were shipped to Russia after the en of WWII. The Napier Deltec engines were designed as a delta to fit into the hulls of patrol boats, the delta shape was a much better fit., Napier used Junkers technology that they licensed before WWII. There were compromises with the Deltec, one crankshaft had to turn in the opposite direction to the other two and the angle between the opening of the exhaust and intake ports was not optimal. Nevertheless, they sounded fantastic, especially the big Deltecs. There was no soundtrack for the opposed piston engines, you could use the Deltec but I think the best choice would be the Commer Knocker three cylinder engine, there is a good soundtrack of a Commer Knocker in Sydney. This engine used the arrangement shown in your diagram with only one crankshaft but used rocker arms to transfer the power to the crankshaft
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This is an AMAIZING and deep explanation about engine configurations in the world and you have showed us all of the world's engine configuration, Great Work🤙
You left one out, a relative of the opposed piston- the split single or twingle engine. In their day, they were popular in motorcycles.
I'm an aeronautic mechanic, and I've personnally even seen some Radial Engine with multiple stages ! (i don't really remember but it was something like 18 cylinders i think, wich was built as 2 rows / 2 stages, of 9 cylinders each.)
There exists the R-4360 Wasp Major, a 28 cylinder, 4 bank engine
And the Lycoming XR-7755-3 36 cylinder radial or the Yakolev M-501 (a 42 cylinder engine) with a 144litre displacement.
Imagine the power of a full size two stroke Radial engine.
Sounds like a double Wasp.
You laugh at his B-17 radial producing 1,200 *_RPM!_*
Thanks for the video and explanation 😄
great work, thanks to you explaining all of this....
Thank you sir for bringing this information to us.
I had no seen some type of engine. (U, H, W) It is good. Thank you
Great vid, thanks a lot!
I have 7 cars in total, mostly L4s, including also an L2 (with both pistons moving together instead of alternating, it's a Fiat 126 - similar to the famous 500 - so it's more like a double single cilinder engine..), a 383ci Mopar V8 and a Wankel (Mazda Rx8).
In more detail: 1971 Plymouth Fury III 4dr Hard Top Sedan 383ci (6,3L V8) 2007 Mazda Rx-8 (1,3L Wankel) 1994 Fiat Panda 4x4 with swapped engine (1,2L L4) 1972 Fiat 126 (650cc L2) 1991 Ford Transit (Diesel 2,4L L4) 1985 Citroen CX TRD (Turbo Diesel 2,5L L4) 1997 Citroen Berlingo (Diesel 1,9L L4)
Excellent video, Thank you! we have: SAAB 9-5 2.3 turbo (L4- reprogrammed ECU) + Ford Explorer 2008 4.0 (V6) + Cadillac Escalade ESX 2010 6.2 (V8).
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Great work, this is a wonderful information
there is also 2 and 3 cylinder I-engines, mainly find these on snowmobiles and jetskies. Oh and ya made a pretty big mistake, with 4stroke engines no 2 cylinders are firing at the same time. If 2 or more cylinders are in the upmost position, then at least 1 is on it's exhaust stroke. the 4 strokes are combustion, power, exhaust, intake.
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The opposed piston engines in the Junkers 88 of the Germans in the second world war were the only airplanes of the time that could fly across the Atlantic Ocean to South America without having to stop for fuel. The opposed engines made today are amazing, we have computers now.
The first petroleum engine was made in Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes. Petrol was first used to get rid of head lice. And was first used before Mercedes Benz in British vehicles.
I-V-W-X-U-H. thats the only type of engine configurations i could find
Infomative video... Vry much tq ....
Thank you
Junkers Jumo 204, Kommer TS3, Naiper Deltic all examples of opposed piston diesels, of which Cummins and Achates currently are devoloping.
Ju 86 R turbo opposed cylinder diesel high altitude photo reconnaissance WW2.
Gegenkolbenmotor, invented by Wilhelm Oechelhauser... Hugo Junkers was his junior partner.
Very important and good explanation and presentation. Thanks. What about pendulum engine invented and developed by Argentinian auto engineer Troussa.
Everything that I have learned from engineering school has taught me that the one big factor that affects aerodynamics is the shape of the car's exterior. Can you explain how a V6 engine improves a car's aerodynamic performance compared if the same car had an inline 6 or inline 4.
The lower & shorter block can allow for smoother bodywork, if you're willing to make the engine bay a nigh-unrepairable Gordian knot of wiring, hoses, & ductwork. Thankfully, such affronts to good sense aren't practical to manufacture, making it a generally theoretical concern for cars. It's something that *should* have been explained in the video.
Personally I think this clown is full of it.
That's not the only layouts! MadMarkTech
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Good overview. My tips for types you missed ... 1.There is a special star configuration called "gnome". 2. Have you heard about Duke Engines? 😉
Yes Axial engines. Either stationary block or rotary are interesting. Actually some were produced and were more or less successful. Michel from Australia comes to mind.
Duke Engines are an utter failure. They never made it to production.
@@stormlord55 The Michel crankless engines were essentially another barrel engine, Michel called the plate "the slant". The difference was that Michell overcame the main issue with the swash plate by using the Michell hydrodynamic thrust bearing. Michell revolutionized ships with his thrust bearing, it was superior in every way to its predecessors. Look A.G.M. Michell up if you don't know of him, apart from the bearings and motors, he was the first person to solve the Reynolds equations for three dimensions. Also, he wrote the seminal paper on structural optimisation before he applied himself to lubrication, unfortunately it was 50 years before it was used, too far ahead of the times. kzhead.info/sun/o9WOmq2SjHWOdmg/bejne.html This shows an experimental aero engine based on Michell's designs.
good work
So interesting
Imagine even though you have not got a car but your learning this😂
Certain cylinder layouts are combinations of various types. Radials and inlines combine to make star engines. X layout is a form of that. Fan types and inlines combine to make W or Broad Arrow.
I have a Volvo inline four, a B230F. It just runs. Has over 300.000 miles on it now, and still runs like clockwork. Never been rebuilt or repaired, only serviced. A great engine!
Volvo engines have easily gone to a million miles on the African continent and a few in United states.
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Apa bang Ariel
Thank you, Kakler
Wooshing sound between each slide brings back elementary school PowerPoint presentations XD good vid though
The surname if the creator of the rotary engine is just 👌
This video needs an update. Wankels are making a return in the form of hybrids. Last I heard, which was a couple months ago, Mazda announced they'd be using Wankel rotary engines for some of their upcoming hybrid vehicles. So rotaries aren't completely dead and gone, just not a mainstream public use motor.
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Thanks sir
Very beautiful sweet video
In U engine or any engine with 2 crankshafts, like 2stroke square4 or 2stroke v4, is bot crankshaft connected to transmission (crank A-transmission gear-crank B) or only one them (crank A-crank B- transmission gear)? Thanks
Opposite diesel you can see in Soviet tank T64. It has a distinguished sound
That was very good. But you missed the Deltic
Thanks, I had to look that up - very interesting!
Nice
Fun fact: the inline-6 cylinder engine is the most balanced engine(originally I thought the boxer engine was the most balanced)
im moree of a high bypass turbofan gasturbine engine, the CF6 series being among the favorites and the GE 90's
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You missed the Liquid Piston rotary engine. Also the Duke and the weird Freepiston (no crankshaft) that was an electrical generator.
All scams...
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"More cylinders you have more power it will made". K24 right now: I'm i a joke to you?
Great
I did some R&D on opposed Piston Engines in the 1970s.
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There is another not mentioned and I don't know the correct terminalogy, where the pistons are horizontal with the axial shaft that as a fixed slanted disk around it, firing piston to the furthest part of the disk in turn turning the axle round.
the Duke is that style of engine
That was an oscillating disk engine commonly used in torpedoes but also used as a driven element in hydraulic pumps.
What kind of engine design layout would you get if you stuck two W engines on top of each other?
I'm guessing top heavy.
A mechanics nightmare and engineers wet dream
As in a W engine placed on top of another upside down W engine in the same manner as an "X" engine. I was also thinking of a 4 bank design rather than a 3 bank too. I imagine it would look something close to a "star" or radial engine.
"Inline engines are smaller in size and take up less space." Tell that to a Caterpillar C-15.
VR deserved a mention as it uses a single head for the v banks. Also V-Twin engines are in the radial category and I suspect the W3 depicted was really a radial.
I can't recall who but there is an aftermarket engine based on Harley cylinders that is a 3 cylinder fan type. Anazi built 3 cylinder fan engines before WWl.
22:00 The colored image moving parts doesn't match the B&W image moving parts next - 4 pivot points vs 8 pivot points.
Regarding the "noisy" 4cyl engines, maybe it would be quieter if they put an actual muffler on it. 🤔
Props in advance if this has my Polysphere.
5:27 so inline 4s generate noise when came cross bumpers on roads??? LOL
I would also like you to talk about the engines of Hungarian locomotives
Nice.. i use v6
Have you ever heard about the "TAUROZZI PENDULUM ENGINE?" I think that is the engine that giant oil company and government hate.
My son wants to be an engine engineer on a racing team...any tips? He's a sophomore in high school
"Off" If you are not in the right environment this engine (engineering) mech. thing of mine isn't all that inspiring. "On" .... It's an off / on On/oF relationship In my moments in momentum Great video. Explains correct
My ride has a shoe shape design developed by Converse they call it the Chuck Taylor All-Star 😉
So rotary piston and deltic don't get a look in?
The Opposed Piston Engine was a T-64 tank :-)
I have a diesel turbo 3.2L inline 4 and a turbo 2.5L boxer engine
The Wankel engine is still the best design in terms of power/ weight and simplicity. I would love it if we could use modern tech to ‘fix’ the drawbacks of the design. You cannot beat the Wankel for efficiency, power and balance of the car it is mounted in.
The equivalent of stroke is tiny, they have no torque.
@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 but spin fast enough to make up for it
@@davidaugustofc2574as if they need to wear out faster
Please explain different types of electric vehicles 1 motor, dual, and four motor
A different Engine layout is disclosed in SAE paper no. 830 463
Love me some rotary
LeRhone or Uberusel?
Does anyone know anything about the heatsinks on radial engines?
Lubricating oil cools parts not directly air cooled.
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Excellent coverage of the Layouts . However , also too many Errant Assumptions . Thumbs Up regardless .
i would have thought there would b a lot more energy lost with all those linkages, vs whats lost by heat via the heads...
You could have used T-64 tank engine, as it is opposed 5 cylinder engine.
There is also the engine used in the Chieftain tank which was a vertical inline 6 cylinder 12 piston 2 stroke diesel.
Modern X engine is used in a T-14 tank.
I just want to ask about engines V4 and I3, they are quite common too, no? V4 mostly for motorcycles and I3 for some cars, am I right or wrong? Please, someone answer me... This is not supposed to be crtisism
V4 and I3 engines are both used in a variety of vehicles, including motorcycles and cars. V4 engines, which have four cylinders arranged in a V configuration, are commonly used in motorcycles and high-performance cars. I3 engines, which have three cylinders arranged in a inline configuration, are commonly used in smaller cars and some hybrid vehicles. However, it's worth noting that engine configurations can vary and it's not always a hard rule. Some car manufacturers uses V4 engine for small cars and some motorcycle manufacturers use I3 engines.
only the rotary sound makes you forget about all the stuff you have to go thru, but it's worth it. THE BEST sounding engine EVER made.
Free-piston engine? Has some big advantages.
Yeah I hate when I run into car bumpers in the road also. They come out of nowhere.
No one ever covers the deltic engine, although it is obscure.
It's just a variation of the Gegenkolbenmotor.. aka Jumo opposed piston engines
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Is there an opposing radial engine ? That's would be nuts !
You missed the DKM Wankel. It's the engine Felix designed and built. When he saw the KKM (the Wankel you displayed) Felix said - "You turned my Thoroughbred into a plow horse".
How about The Deltic?