James Bell sent me this web page. This is from http://www.monito.com I think. The Wankel Rotary Engine: Books, Papers, Articles Books Richard F. Ansdale, The Wankel RC Engine, A.S. Barnes & Co., South Brunswick & New York, ISBN 0-498-0741-2, LOC 69-18692, 1st American ed. 1969. John Ball, Mazda RX-7: The First Generation, 1979-1985 Sept. 1990. Goldstar Enterprises, ISBN 0929214048. 200+ pages hardcover, BW illustr. Max Bentele, Engine Revolutions: The Autobiography of Max Bentele, 1991, ISBN 1-56091-081-X. SAE Order Num. R-109, $19. Engineer with Curtiss-Wright 1956-1964. Scott Corbett, What About the Wankel Engine? Four Winds Press, 1974. Dewey TL210.7.C67. For Juvenile readers. Harris Edward Dark, The Wankel Rotary Engine Indiana Univ. Press, ISBN 0-253-19021-5, LOC 73-16676, Dewey 629.2'504, June 1974. Nicholas Faith, Wankel: The Story of the Revolutionary Rotary Engine Stein & Day, Aug. 1975 0812817192. Nicholas Faith, Wankel: The Curious Story behind the Revolutionary Rotary Engine Allen and Unwin, London 1975. ISBN 0046500014. Paul Frère and Nino Vaccarella, The Targa Florio Route: Experts Meet the RX-7, 1989, D.R.H. Edition, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 4-7518-0072-8. Karl E. Ludvigsen, Wankel Engines A to Z , Ludvigsen Publications, ISBN 0913646016. John Matras, Illustrated Mazda Buyer's Guide . Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-87938-842-0, LOC 93-32133, Dewey 629.222'2-dc20, 1994. John Matras, Sports Car Color History: Mazda RX-7 . Motorbooks International, 1994. review Jujiro Matsuda (1875-1952), Seventy Years of Factory Life . Autobiography of founder of Mazda. Jan P. Norbye, The Wankel Engine: Design, Development, Applications, Chilton Book Co., Philadelphia, New York and London, ISBN 0-8019-5591-2, 1st ed. Sep. 1971. Also Bailey Bros and Swinfen, ISBM 0561001375. Kris Perkins, Norton's Rotaries Osprey Publishing, London, ISBN 1855321-81-5, 1991. Ted Pipe, Principles of the Wankel Engine Bobs-Merrill Co. Oct. 1974, ISBN 0672210835. Toyo Kogyo Co. History of Research and Development on Mazda Rotary Engine Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, 1972. Jack K. Yamaguchi, RX-7, The New Mazda RX-7 and Mazda Rotary Engine Sports Cars, St. Martin's Press, LOC 85-62339, 1st ed. 1985. ISBN 0312694563. Jack K. Yamaguchi, RX-7, Mazda's Legendary Sports Car: Plus Racing and Winning - Le Mans and IMSA GTO - 1991, ISBN 4-947659-01-7. 1992. Toyo Kogyo Rotary Engine, Toyo Kogyo, Hiroshima, booklet, 1971. Kenichi Yamamoto, Rotary Engine, Sankaido Co. Ltd. 1st ed. 1981. [republication of 71 booklet or of some 69 edition?] Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Papers S-236 R.T. Hurley, "Rotating Combustion Engine", March 1960. Trans. V. 69, p. 194 M. Bentele, "Curtiss-Wright's Developments on Rotating Combustion Engines", 1961. Trans. V. 69, p. 641-649 R.T. Hurley and M. Bentele, "Rotating Combustion Engine", 1961. S-288-A W.G. Froede, "The NSU-Wankel Rotating Combustion Engine", Jan. 1961. S-348 M. Bentele, "Further Developments in Rotating Combustion Engines at Curtiss-Wright", March 1962. 886-D C. Jones, "The Curtiss-Wright Rotating Combustion Engine Today", Aug. 1964. 650722 W.G. Froede, "The Rotary Engine of the NSU Spider", Oct. 1965. Trans. V. 74 C. Jones, "New Rotating Combustion Powerplant Developments", 1965. 670194 C. Jones, "The Rotating Combustion Engine - Compact Lightweight Power for Aircraft", Nov. 1966. 680461 W.G. Froede, "NSU's Double Bank Production Rotary Engine", May 1968. Trans. V. 76 N. 5 C. Jones, "Rotary Combustion Engine is as Neat and Trim as the Aircraft Turbine", May 1968. 680752 H. Keller, "Small Wankel Engines", Sept. 1968. 700074 D.E. Cole and C. Jones, "Reduction of Emissions from the Curtiss-Wright Rotary Combustion Engine with an Exhaust Reactor", Jan. 1970. 700079 K. Yamamoto and T. Kuroda, "Toyo Kogyo's Research and Development on Major Rotary Engine Problems", Jan. 1970. 700273 W.T. Figart, R.L. Leisenring, and W.B. Silvestri, "The RC Engine - A New Approach to Reduce Costs", April 1970. 1970 IME Paper F. Feller, "The 2-Stage Rotary Engine - A New Concept in Diesel Power", Jan. 1971. 710581 K. Yamamoto and H. Tado, "The Rotary Engines of Yanmar Outboard Motors", June 1971. 710582 C. Jones and H. Lamping, "Curtiss-Wright's Development Status of the Stratified Charge Rotating Combustion Engine", June 1971. 720466 K. Yamamoto and T. Kuroda, "Improvements of the Rotary Engine with Charge Cooled Rotor", May 1972. 720467 T.W. Rogers, W. Lemke, J. Lefevre, and T. Ohzawa, "Lubrication Studies in Rotary Combustion Engines", May 1972. 720468 C. Jones, "A Survey of Curtiss-Wright's 1958-1971 Rotating Combustion Engine Technological Developments", May 1972. SAE Kenichi Yamamoto, "Rotary Engine", June 1981 ISBN 9997341171. 840460 Charles Jones, "Advanced Development of Rotary Stratified Charge 750 and 1500 HP Military Multi-Fuel Engines at Curtiss-Wright", SAE Int. Congr. and Expo., Detroit, Feb. 27 - March 2, 1984. 850034 R. Sierens and W. Verdonck, "Development of a Natural Gas Stratified Charge Rotary Engine", SAE Int. Cong. and Expo, Detroit, Feb. 25 - Mar. 1, 1985, 13 pp. Audi NSU engine tested by Univ. of Gent (Ghent?). 860563 T.N. Chen, R.N. Alford, and S.S. Kim, "Detonation Characteristics of Industrial Natural Gas Rotary Engines", SAE Int. Congr. and Expo., Detroit MI, Feb. 24, 1986. Describes Ingersoll-Rand IR-2500 engine. 860615 T.I-P. Shih, Song-Lin (Jason) Yang and Harold .J. Schock Jr., "A Two-Dimensional Numerical Study of the Flow Inside the Combustion Chamber of a Motored Rotary Engine". 1986. 870448 Steven R. King, "Durability of Natural Gas Fueled Rotary Engines", SAE Int. Cong. and Expo. Detroit, Feb. 23, 1987. SAE Rotary Engine Design, 1989, ISBN 0-89883-695-6. Partial contents include Noise and Vibration Reduction Technology for REs, Combustion Model for Homogeneous Charge Natural Gas REs, Engineering Study of Rotary-Vee Engine Concept, and Strain Measurements in a RE Housing. SAE Order Number SP-768, Price $42 ($35 member). SAE Int. Cong. and Expo., Detroit, Feb. 27 - Mar. 3, 1989. 890671 J. Abraham and F.V. Bracco, "Comparison of Computed and Measured Pressure in a Premixed-Charge Natural Gas Fueled Rotary Engine", SAE Int. Cong. and Expo., Detroit, Feb. 27 - Mar. 3, 1989. 910893 F. Hamady, T. Stuecken, and H. Schock, "Experimental Analysis of Blowby and Flow Field Interaction in a Motored Rotary Engine", Feb 1991, appears in SAE Transactions, V. 100, Journal of Engines, Section 3, pp. 1416-1442. Feb. 1991 T. Morita, F. Hamady, T. Stuecken, Craig W. Somerton, and H. Schock, "Fuel Air Mixing Visualization in a Motored Rotary Engine Assembly", SAE International Congress and Exposition, Feb. 1991. 920302 Kenji Morimoto, Takafumi Teramoto, and Yuji Takamori, "Combustion Characteristics in Hydrogen Fueled Rotary Engine". 920309 Ritsuharu Shimizu, Tomoo Tadokoro, Toru Nakanishi, and Junichi Funamoto, "Mazda 4-Rotor Rotary Engine for the Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance Race". SP-1108 , 1992, Passenger Car Engine Lubricants, ISBN 1-56091-303-7, $55 (member $45). Paper on "The Development of Lubricating Oils for Rotary Racing Engines". 950093 Development of a unique fuel flexible engine, Part I: Engine design and physical model 950449 Rotor shaft bearing analysis for selected Rand CamsT engine configurations 950452 High speed electronic fuel injection for direct injected rotary engine (also in SP-1108). 950453 "A review and thermodynamic analysis of a rotary-vee internal combustion engine". 950454 "The characteristics of fuel consumption and exhaust emissions of the side exhaust port rotary engine" (also in SP-1108). 951769 "Wankel engine for hybrid powertrain" (also contained in Proceedings of 1995 Small Engine Technology Conference, ISBN 56091-673-7, $99 ($79 member) SAE Order Num. P-292). SP-1108 1995, Futuristic Concepts in Engines and Components, ISBN 1-56091-679-6, $55 (member $44). Papers on "High Speed Electronic Fuel Injection for Direct Injected Rotary Engine" and "The Characteristics of Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Emissions of the Side Exhaust Port Rotary Engine". 960232 Paul A Salanki, James S. Wallace, (University of Toronto), "Evaluation of the Hydrogen-Fueled Rotary Engine for Hybrid Vehicle Applications". The SAE has a home page which completely supercedes a dull previous page. Other Technical Papers J. Abraham and V. Magi, "Effects of Ignition Cavity Flows on the Performance of a Stratified Charge Rotary Engine: Initial 3-D Predictions", University of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute Research Report UMSI 93/262, Dec. 1993, submitted for publication. Othmar Baier, [A mathematical treatment of the RCE], VDI report No. 45, 1960. C. DellaCorte, H.E. Sliney, and M.S. Bogdanski, "Tribological [gloss] and Mechanical Comparison of Sintered and HIPped PM212: High Temperature Self-Lubricating Composites, Lubr. Eng. v 48, Nov. 1993, pp 877-885 (Also NASA TM-105379). (Soc. Trib. and Lubr. Eng. best paper award 1994). L. Dodge, D. Naegeli, "Hydrogen-air mixing evaluation in reciprocating engines", NREL/TP--425-6346. 1994-06-01. S.R. King, "Endurance Testing of a Natural Gas-Fueled Rotary Engine, Final Report March 1985-January 1987", Gas Research Institute, Chicago, GRI-87/0050; PB87-215703. [20,000 hours]. T.A. Kuchnicki, "Gas Rotary Engine Technology Development, Final Report April-December 1990", Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, for Gas Research Institute, Chicago, GRI-91/0096; NTIS# PB91-182402. [oil cooled]. J.R. Mack, "Development of Natural Gas Rotary Engines: Final Report June 1986 - June 1991", Gas Research Institute, Chicago, GR191-0290; PB92-129665. [John Deere]. Paul S. Moller, "Evaluation of Thermal Barrier and PS-200 Self-Lubricating Coatings in an Air-Cooled Rotary Engine", Mar. 1995, LEW-15356, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135. A. Nagao, H. Ohzeki, and Y. Niura, "Present Status and Future View of Rotary Engines", in Automotive Engine Alternatives, edited by Robert L. Evans, Plenum Press, New York, 1987, pp. 183-202. J.W. Walker and R.E. Mount, "The Stratified Charge Rotary Engine", in Automotive Engine Alternatives, edited by Robert L. Evans, Plenum Press, New York, 1987, pp. 203-218. [turbocharged]. Film and Video "The NSU/Wankel engine - the principle" IWF 1968, NSU Auto Union AG (Neckarsulm), 16 mm film, 6 1/2 minutes. Patents Classifications: Rotary Class 409, Subclass 142: Means to mill epitrochoidal shape. Engine: 415 Exhaust Reactor Separator: 60/902* Exhaust Treatment: 60/901* Plural Rigidly Related Blade: 415/198.1+ Plural Rigidly Related Blade Sets: 415/198.1+ Expansible Chamber Devices: 418 Piston Engine: 123/200 Rotor Motor: 60 Internal Combustion: 123 Rotary Expansible Chamber: 418 Wankel Engine: 418/61.2 5,423,298 Rotary Internal Combustion Engine 5,433,176 Rotary-Reciprocal Combustion Engine 5,433,179 Rotary Engine with Variable Compression 5,441,018 Internal combustion rotary piston engine 4,728,488 Carbide / Flouride / Silver Self-Lubricating Composites [for housings]