Connecting rod violin
As Pleuelgeige is called in piston engines and - compressors to a complete revolution of the crankshaft required space of the connecting rod .
The term comes from the violin-like contour that the outermost points of the connecting rod describe during a rotation. When designing the crankcase , sufficient clearance must be guaranteed between the connecting rod and the housing.
literature
- Fred Schäfer (ed.), Richard van Basshuysen: Handbook internal combustion engines. Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, 2nd edition 2002, ISBN 3-528-13933-1 , pp. 114f