Assignment Help, Combustion Engine

[TysK]

Hello,
I have been assigned to do an information search on the Combustion Engine.
I have to find 5-10 articles detailing how combustion engines incorporate physics principles. I have looked around for articles but haven't found much. What principles are incorporated in the combustion engine.

Thankyou

 

[Cyrus]

Thermodynamics and heat transfer.

 

[Pengwuino]

Howstuffworks.com has a great section on IC engines. Everything about an engine is a lesson in physics. Everything about a car is a lesson in physics!

Cylinders - thermodynamics
drive shaft - mechanics, torque, rotational mechanics
wheels - friction, more mechanics

It's just one big mechanics and thermodynamics lesson sitting under the hood.