The Piston Simulation function models the circular motion of a piston within a cylinder. It involves a chain of nonlinear functions. The response C is cycle time (the time it takes to complete one ...

Technically speaking, the portion of the piston that's missing is small, but it doesn't take much to kill an engine. Per the video, it appears the cylinder was running hot enough to melt the piston.

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.

A fire piston works on the same principle as a diesel engine - compression ignition. I'm a big fan of this kind of thermodynamics as it matches well to the theory and is very repeatable.

The brake master cylinder is the first component in a vehicle’s braking system, activated by depressing the brake pedal. The pedal pushes a piston through this cylinder, forcing brake fluid ...