Determination of diesel engine cylinder gas torques from speed fluctuations with a high-fidelity crankshaft torsional model
By: William J. Swanson
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: DIESEL ENGINES
Description: An experimental investigation was conducted to develop a method of predicting cylinder indicated torques in a reciprocating engine by measurement of crankshaft angular velocity fluctuations.  Cylinder indicated pressures were measured for all three cylinders of a two-stroke Diesel engine with pressure transducers.  Time-resolved angular position was measured at the crankshaft front and at the flywheel.  A six degree-of-freedom torsional crankshaft model was developed.  Two solution methods are described to solve the equations of motion: a time-marching ODE solver, and a Finite Element solution in the time domain.  Using these methods with the measured cylinder torques, the angular positions are predicted and compared to measured angular positions for model calibration.  An inverse solution method was developed to determine the cylinder indicated torques from the measured angular position at the crankshaft endpoints.  The method is theoretically demostrated to be useful for explicit solutions for two-stroke engines up to three cylinders, and four-stroke engines up to four cylinders.  Experimental results show that the method is useful in predicting cylinder indicated torques from angular velocity measurements.
Notes: "December 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Knox T. Millsaps, Jr.

Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineer) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107)

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