Ingegneria meccanica: Il motore Aprilia
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| cylinder head |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Definition |
Casting, on earlier engines of cast iron and on most modern engines of cast aluminium, bolted on top of the cylinder block, usually containing part of the combustion chamber(s) with the valves and the sparking plugs.
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| Definition source |
AA.VV. (1998) Dizionario enciclopedico e scientifico inglese-italiano, italiano-inglese. Bologna, Zanichelli McGrawHill.
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| Context |
There will be a local reduction in the heat transfer from the valve head to the cylinder head and, at the same time, the hot gases escaping through the gap will also cause a rise in the valve head temperature.
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| Context source |
eng01
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| Subject field |
Engine
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| Comprehensive concept |
B Cylinder head
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| it |
Testa
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| Reliability code |
3
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