Geometric shape of the rotor housing

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Aug 5, 2006 | 07:52 AM

vspecpgt

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Geometric shape of the rotor housing

Anyone know the exact geometric shape of the rotor housing? I forget the exact name, and I wanted to take an old rotor housing into class to show the geometry students.

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Aug 5, 2006 | 10:59 AM

apexkw

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he there little rotary buddy its called an epitrochoid

Aug 5, 2006 | 01:31 PM

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Isn't it a "petrichoid"

Aug 6, 2006 | 01:39 PM

flight_of_pain

its supposed to do that

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peritrochoid is what your after

Aug 6, 2006 | 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by apexkw

he there little rotary buddy its called an epitrochoid

+1 http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm

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