Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Historical review 2. Definition and classification of reciprocating piston engines 2.1. Definitions 2.2. potentials for classification 3. Characteristics 3.1. Piston displacement and bore-to-stroke ratio 3.2. Compression ratio 3.3. Rotational speed and piston speed 3.4. Torque and power 3.5. Fuel consumption 3.6. Gas work and mean pressure 3.7. Efficiency 3.8. Air throughput and cylinder charge 3.9. Air-fuel ration 4. Maps 4.1. Consumption maps 4.2. Emission maps 4.3. Ignition and injection maps 4.4. Exhaust gas temperature maps 5. Thermodynamic fundamentals 5.1. Cyclical processes 5.2. Comparative processes 5.3. Open comparative processes 5.4. Efficiency 5.5. Energy balance in the engine 6. Crank gears 6.1. Crankshaft drive 6.2. Rotational oscillations 7. Engine components 7.1. Pistons/wristpins/wristpin circlips 7.2. Connecting rod 7.3. Piston rings 7.4. Engine block 7.5. Cylinders 7.6. Oil pan 7.7. Crankcase venting 7.8. Cylinder head 7.9. Crankshafts 7.10. Valve train components 7.11. Valves 7.12. Valve springs 7.13. Valve seat inserts 7.14. Valve guides 7.15. Oil pump 7.16. Camshaft 7.17. Chain drive 7.18. Belt drives 7.19. Bearings in internal combustion engines 7.20. Intake systems 7.21. Sealing systems 7.22. Threaded connectors at the engine 7.23. Exhaust manifold 7.24. Control mechanisms for two-stoke cycle engines 8. Lubrication 8.1. Tribological principles 8.2. Lubrication system 9. Friction 9.1. Parameters 9.2. Friction states 9.3. Methods of measuring friction 9.4. Influence of the operating state and the boundary conditions 9.5. Influence of friction on the fuel consumption 9.6. Friction behavior of internal combustion engines already built 10. Charge cycle 10.1. Gas exchange devices in four-stroke engines 10.2. Calculating charge cycles 10.3. The charge cycle in two-stroke engines 10.4. Variable valve actuation 10.5. Pulse charges and load control of reciprocating piston engines using an air stroke valve 11. Supercharging of internal combustion engines 11.1. Mechanical supercharging 11.2. Exhaust gas turbocharging 11.3. Intercooling 11.4. Interaction of engine and compressor 11.5. Dynamic behavior 11.6. Additional measures for supercharged internal combustion engines 12. Mixture formation and related systems 12.1. Internal mixture formation 12.2. External mixture formation 12.3. Mixture formation using carburetors 12.4. Mixture formation by means of gasoline injection 12.5. Mixture formation in diesel engines 13. Ignition 13.1. Spark-ignition engine 13.2. Spark plugs 13.3. Diesel engines 14. Combustion 14.1. Principles 14.2. Combustion in SI engines 14.3. Combustion in diesel engines 14.4 Heat transfer 15. Combustion systems 15.1. Combustion systems for diesel engines 15.2. Spark-injection engines 15.3 Two-stroke diesel engines 15.4. Two-stroke SI engines 16. Electronics and mechanics for engine management and transmission shift control 16.1. Environmental demands 16.2. Stand-alone products (separate devices) 16.3. Connecting approaches 16.4. Integrated products (MTM = mechatronic transmission module) 16.5. Electronic design, structures, and components 16.6. Electronics in the electronic control unit 16.7. Software structures 16.8. Torque-based functional structure for engine management 16.9. Functions 17. The powertrain 17.1. Powertrain architecture 17.2. The motor-vehicle's longitudinal dynamics 17.3. Transmission types 17.4. Power level and signal processing level 17.5. Transmission management 17.6. Integrated powertrain management (IPM) 17.7. The integrated starter-motor/alternator (ISG) 18. Sensors 18.1. Temperature sensors 18.2. Knock sensors 18.3. Exhaust gas sensors 18.4. Pressure sensors 18.5. Air mass sensors 18.6. Speed sensors 19. Actuators 19.1. Drives for charge controllers 19.2. Throttle valve actuators 19.3. Swirl and tumble plates 19.4. Exhaust gas recirculation valves 19.5. Evaporative emissions components 20. Cooling of internal combustion engines 20.1. General 20.2. Demands on the cooling system 20.3. Principles for calculation and simulation tools 20.4. Engine cooling subsystems 20.5. Cooling modules 20.6. Overall engine cooling system 21. Exhaust emissions 21.1. Legal regulations 21.2. Measuring exhaust emissions 21.3. Pollutants and their origins 21.4. Reducing pollutants 21.5. Exhaust gas treatment for spark-ignition engines 21.6. Exhaust treatment in diesel engines 22. Operating fluids 22.1. Fuels 22.2. Lubricants 22.3. Coolant 23. Filtration of operating fluids 23.1. Air filter 23.2. Fuel filters 23.3. Engine-oil filtration 24. Calculation and simulation 24.1. Strength and vibration calculation 24.2. Flow calculation 25. Combustion diagnostics 25.1. Discussion 25.2. Indicating 25.3. Visualization 26. Fuel consumption 26.1. General influencing factors 26.2. Engine modifications 26.3. Transmission ratios 26.4. Driver behavior 26.5. CO emissions 27. Noise emissions 27.1. Basic physical principles and terms 27.2. Legal provisions concerning emitted noise 27.3. Sources