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How is the rpm (revolutions per minute) of an actual four-stroke gasoline engine related to the number of thermodynamic cycles

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Answer:

The gasoline engine would have:

intake stroke

compression stroke

power stroke

exhaust stroke

This is a total of 2 revolutions and 4 thermodynamic cycles

So the number of thermodynamic cycles is twice the rpm of the engine

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