This item is a simulation of an ideal Otto engine. The page explains the cycles of the engine and the applet shows its cycles alongside a pressure vs. volume or temperature vs. volume diagram. See Related items on this page for a link to the author's full collection of simulations on thermodynamics.
This page is part of a collection of Java applets with tutorial questions developed for undergraduate physics students.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7518">Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Ideal Otto Engine Simulation. May 9, 2007.</a>
K. Forinash, Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Ideal Otto Engine Simulation (2003), <https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/thermo/Otto.html>.
Forinash, K. (2007, May 9). Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Ideal Otto Engine Simulation. Retrieved January 6, 2025, from https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/thermo/Otto.html
Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Ideal Otto Engine Simulation. May 9, 2007. https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/thermo/Otto.html (accessed 6 January 2025).
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