Walter Williams wrote:
hi Paul, we believe you completely, its the auto man. and their madison ave. hype we view with a jaundiced eye. the thought just occured to me, i am getting real slow in my old age, can we prove
it with the die penetrant and black light test? thanks, walt.
It is not Madison Ave hype. Mazda has been very open right from the start with detail
engineering information on the rotary engine. Literally dozens of technical papers
have been written with every opportunity to check the accuracy of their statements.
I have most of the important papers and books. Been collecting them for 35 years.
Mazda would gain nothing by lying.
Paul Lamar
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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]
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