Variable cycle engine design embodies a transformative approach in aero‐propulsion, enabling engines to adapt their thermodynamic cycle to meet diverse operational demands, from fuel efficiency to ...

Rolls-Royce has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) on its variable-cycle engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology (ADVENT) demonstrator program. The project aims ...

The World's First Production-Ready Variable Compression Engine Infiniti's has developed the first variable compression ratio engine which will ever be used in a production vehicle. The compression ...

China is studying adaptive technology to go beyond its current-generation military engines, such as this WS-10. Credit: Steve Trimble/AW&ST As the U.S. dithers over introducing adaptive propulsion ...

In the years immediately following the Second World War, jet propulsion wrought rapid changes in combat aircraft design. Jet engines promised to push aircraft beyond any speed possible with propeller ...

This paper presents the analysis and design of a variable-compression-ratio and displacement engine concept - the Alvar Cycle using a four-stroke engine-performance simulation. The Alvar-Cycle engine ...

While the engineering community continues to explore the benefits of electric and hybrid vehicles—i.e., the environmental and renewable energy factors—the automotive market is still dependent on ...

Infiniti introduced the world's first variable compression-ratio engine, a technology it claims to have been working on for two decades, at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. A variable compression-ratio ...

In the world of upgraded and redesigned pickup trucks, new vehicles normally do not get a new powertrain at the same time. This was not the case with the redesigned-for-2016 Toyota Tacoma; it received ...

Most pickup truck fans probably know the new 2016 Toyota Tacoma will feature a new 3.5-liter V-6 engine, yet that isn’t the whole story. This new engine will use the “Atkinson” cycle, most notably ...