Introduction to Engine Dynamics and Crankshaft Design The present volume is the first of the AIRPLANE ENGINE DESIGN SERIES to be presented. This volume will include the major portion of engine design problems requiring mathematics and, naturally, the analytical methods treated in the other volumes in connection with the design of other component parts of the engine must frequently be referred to the dynamics of the engine as herein treated. An effort has been made to simplify and condense this material into suitable form for the use of the designer, and yet retain its value to the student or those desiring to check certain equations developed. On the whole, the methods employed in the discussion of engine dynamics are quite similar to those in general use, therefore the advantages in the present treatment lie mainly in their simplicity.