Otto Cycle Thermodynamics

by Joseph Stonebraker

Submitted : Spring 2012

We are presented with a classic Otto Cycle for a 4-stroke piston engine. Throughout the 4-steps for one complete cycle of the piston, we are asked to calculate the polytropic index, and the net work produced by the piston on the gas. The values presented within the cycle are all related to each other, and changes in these values dictate the reaction occurring each step within the Otto Cycle.

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