Rotary piston engine

Japanese: 回転ピストンエンジン - かいてんぴすとんえんじん
Rotary piston engine

…Piston engines require a piston-crank mechanism to convert the reciprocating motion of the pistons into rotary motion, and are inferior in performance to rotary engines in terms of weight and vibration, but they are relatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture in high-efficiency models from small to large power, and are easy to handle, making them the most widely used type of prime mover. Among the radial engines once used for aircraft, those with a rotating engine body are sometimes called rotary piston engines, but these also have pistons that reciprocate within the cylinders, and are still reciprocating piston engines. On the other hand, engines with a triangular rice ball-shaped rotor, such as the Wankel engine, are sometimes called rotary piston engines, as they have rotating pistons. …

*Some of the terminology used to describe "rotary piston engines" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ピストンエンジンはピストンの往復運動を回転運動に変換するためのピストン‐クランク機構を必要とし,回転型機関に比べて重量や振動の面では性能的に劣るが,小出力のものから大出力のものまで,高効率のものを比較的容易にかつ安価に製造でき,また取扱いも容易なため,原動機の中ではもっとも広く用いられている形式である。 かつて航空機用に使われた星型機関のうち,機関本体が回転する構造のものを回転ピストンエンジンと呼ぶこともあるが,これもピストンはシリンダー内を往復運動しており,往復ピストンエンジンであることに変わりはない。一方,三角おむすび型の回転子をもつワンケルエンジンなどを,回転ピストンを有する機関の意味でやはり回転ピストンエンジンと呼ぶことがある。…

※「回転ピストンエンジン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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