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Design and Development of Heavy Duty Diesel Engines

A Handbook

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Editors:
  1. P. A. Lakshminarayanan

    1. Formerly with Simpson and Co. Ltd., Chennai, India

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  2. Avinash Kumar Agarwal

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

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  • Provides detailed methods, calculations, and examples from real-world situations
  • Serves as comprehensive reference for the design of critical hardware
  • Presents perspectives from both industry and academia

Part of the book series: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (ENENSU)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • P. A. Lakshminarayanan, Avinash Kumar Agarwal
    Pages 1-13

  3. Thermodynamics, Combustion, Gas Exchange, Emissions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Modern Diesel Combustion

      • Walter Knecht, P. A. Lakshminarayanan
      Pages 17-65

    3. Supercharging

      • Walter Knecht, P. A. Lakshminarayanan
      Pages 67-83

    4. Introduction to Turbocharging—A Perspective on Air Management System

      • D. A. Subramani, R. Dhinagaran, V. R. Prasanth
      Pages 85-193

    5. Topics on Selective Catalyst Reduction

      • P. Kumar
      Pages 195-236

    6. Strategies to Control Emissions from Off-Road Diesel Engines

      • M. V. Ganesh Prasad
      Pages 237-274

    7. External Exhaust Gas Recirculation

      • P. Sahaya Surendira Babu, P. Kumar
      Pages 275-311

    8. Diesel Particulate Filter

      • K. C. Vora, Kartik E. Gurnule, S. Venkatesh
      Pages 313-339

    9. Conversion of Diesel Engines for CNG Fuel Operation

      • G. Jeevan Dass, P. A. Lakshminarayanan
      Pages 341-392

    10. Simulation of Gas Flow Through Engine

      • Neelkanth V. Marathe, Sukrut S. Thipse, Nagesh H. Walke, Sushil S. Ramdasi
      Pages 393-403

  4. Design of Engine Build

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 405-405
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    2. Development of Ports of Four Stroke Diesel Engines

      • Nagaraj S. Nayak, P. A. Lakshminarayanan
      Pages 407-425

    3. Design and Analysis Aspects of Medium and Heavy-Duty Engine Crankcase

      • Swapnil Thigale, M. N. Kumar, Yogesh Aghav, Nitin Gokhale, Uday Gokhale
      Pages 427-465

    4. Connecting Rod

      • Prakash R. Wani
      Pages 467-508

    5. Critical Fasteners, Highly Loaded Bolted Joints

      • Prakash R. Wani
      Pages 509-523

    6. Crankshaft

      • Prakash R. Wani
      Pages 525-573

    7. Gaskets

      • Osamu Aizawa
      Pages 575-599

    8. Design of Valve Train for Heavy Duty Application

      • Aniket Basu, Nitin Gokhale, Yogesh Aghav, M. N. Kumar
      Pages 601-636
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About this book

This book is intended to serve as a comprehensive reference on the design and development of diesel engines. It talks about combustion and gas exchange processes with important references to emissions and fuel consumption and descriptions of the design of various parts of an engine, its coolants and lubricants, and emission control and optimization techniques. Some of the topics covered are turbocharging and supercharging, noise and vibrational control, emission and combustion control, and the future of heavy duty diesel engines. This volume will be of interest to researchers and professionals working in this area.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Formerly with Simpson and Co. Ltd., Chennai, India

    P. A. Lakshminarayanan

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

    Avinash Kumar Agarwal

About the editors

P.A. Lakshminarayanan was Chief Technology Officer at Simpson and Co Ltd, Chennai, India till 1-Jan-2019, and before 2011 was the head of the Engine R&D at Ashok Leyland, India. After completing his B. Tech, MS and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, he worked as a research associate in University of Technology, Loughborough, UK for four years. He has more than 35 years industry experience, having worked in various capacities in Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited, Ashok Leyland and Simpson and Co Ltd. Dr Lakshminarayanan  is a fellow of SAE, ISEES, and Indian National Academy of Engineering and a member of Combustion Institute. He has co-authored two books and more than 50 research papers and holds seven patents. 


Avinash Kumar Agarwal is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His areas of interest are IC engines, combustion, alternative fuels, conventional fuels, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, emission and particulate control, and large bore engines. He has published 24 books and 230+ international journal and conference papers. Prof. Agarwal is a Fellow of SAE (2012), ASME (2013), ISEES (2015) and INAE (2015). He received several awards such as Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award-2016 in Engineering Sciences, Rajib Goyal prize-2015, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012; SAE International’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award-2008; INSA Young Scientist Award-2007; UICT Young Scientist Award-2007; INAE Young Engineer Award-2005.






Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Design and Development of Heavy Duty Diesel Engines

  • Book Subtitle: A Handbook

  • Editors: P. A. Lakshminarayanan, Avinash Kumar Agarwal

  • Series Title: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0970-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0969-8Published: 14 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0972-8Published: 14 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0970-4Published: 05 November 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2522-8366

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-8374

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 914

  • Number of Illustrations: 429 b/w illustrations, 339 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engine Technology, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Automotive Engineering

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