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The Diesel Engine

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  • © 2022

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  • Clear and well-founded introduction to complex commercial vehicle technology
  • Understanding modern commercial vehicles
  • Understanding the function and structure of today's trucks

Part of the book series: Commercial Vehicle Technology (CVT)

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The aim of this work, consisting of 9 individual, self-contained booklets, is to describe commercial vehicle technology in a way that is clear, concise and illustrative. Compact and easy to understand, it provides an overview of the technology that goes into modern commercial vehicles.

Starting from the customer's fundamental requirements, the characteristics and systems that define the design of the vehicles are presented knowledgeably in a series of articles, each of which can be read and studied on their own. 

This volume, The Diesel Engine, provides an initial overview of the vast topic that is the diesel engine. It offers basic information about the mechanical functioning of the engine. The integration of the engine in the vehicle and major systems such as the cooling system, the fuel system and the exhaust gas treatment system are explained so that readers in training and in a practical setting may gain an understanding of the diesel engine. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Stuttgart, Germany

    Michael Hilgers

About the author

The Author

Dr. Michael Hilgers is currently director of the testing center at BFDA and Director for entire vehicle testing for the Mercedes-Benz Business Unit in BFDA. BFDA is a joint venture in China between Daimler Truck and Foton. Before that he was head of a CAE department in Commercial Vehicle Development at Mercedes-Benz Trucks. Before that he headed a department for vehicle Mechatronics. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Diesel Engine

  • Authors: Michael Hilgers

  • Series Title: Commercial Vehicle Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65102-5

  • Publisher: Springer Vieweg Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65101-8Published: 01 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-65102-5Published: 30 June 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2747-4046

  • Series E-ISSN: 2747-4054

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 81

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Automotive Engineering, Engine Technology

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