Casting a one-lunger Atlantic marine engine

Fabrication of a one-lunger Atlantic marine engine for the purposes of developing a curriculum for an advanced fabricating and machining class for the Papplardo Apprentices at MIT. One-lunger marine engines greatly influenced the fishing cultures of Nova Scotia at the turn of the 20th century. Discussion of proper casting practices and terminology in addition to theory of sand types, machinability, engine cycles, and ignition systems. In depth descriptions of basic and advanced casting processes using the ignitor body and piston as examples.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Castellanos, Samantha Nicole

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Daniel Braunstein.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105712

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/105712