This is an eight-bar linkage designed by GimSong Soh and Minshan Tsai to lift the top of a recreational vehicle to create a second story.

This is an animation of the operation of a diesel engine.  It starts with the turbo-charger, but eventually gets to the cylinder and the fuel injectors, where the four-stroke diesel engine cycle is illustrated very well.  To get the animation started you must push the frame cursor along until you see the engine, this needed on YouTube as well.

This YouTube animation shows the animated assembly of a solid model of a four-cylinder engine.  It interesting just to see the number of fasteners, but it is worth waiting for the animation of the four-stroke cycle that occurs about two-thirds through.

This is a SolidWorks animation of a six-bar linkage designed by Marshall Meek to lift the lower rack in a dishwasher.

Matt Keveney has generated a number of useful animations for engines.  I find the two-stroke and four-stroke engine animations to be helpful for students.  You can find the entire list of animations including jet engines at the link:

http://www.animatedengines.com

Otto cycle animation

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