How an engine is built

How an engine works

Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder Engine

Syllabus
Syllabus

Engine Building Project Description
Project Description

Homework Presentation Standard
Homework Presentation Standard

Typical Values of Engine Parameters
Engine parameters

Engine Parameters Example
Parameters

MATLAB Primer
by Kermit Sigmon, 3^rd edition

Notes
Intake compressor GT12
Intake compressor GT15V5
Compressible mass flow rate
Simulation results – heat release with valve flow

Homework Assignments
Engine characteristics (Pulkrabek Chap.2, Probs.1,8,11,20,3D)
Gas cycles - Otto
Thermochemistry 1
Fuel-Air Cycles
Heat Release Cycle
Exhaust flow
Air induction
Charge motion
Combustion
Emissions
Cycles with heat transfer
Cycles with friction

Homework Solutions
Engine characteristics
Gas cycles - Otto – also see Matlab files
Thermochemistry 1 – also see Matlab files
Fuel-Air Cycles – also see Matlab files
Heat Release Cycle – see Matlab files
Exercises – Pulkrabek Chap.5
Air induction
Fuel induction
Charge motion
Combustion
Exhaust flow
Emissions
Cycles with heat transfer
Cycles with friction

Exam Solutions
Exam 1

Example Exams
Midterm – 08M
Final-08M
Midterm – 09M
Final – 09M
Midterm – 10M
Final – 10M

Matlab files
Gas Cycle – Otto – Pre-Mixed Fuel
Gas Cycle – Otto – Direct-Injected Fuel
JANAF coefficients (specfuel)
Dry Air Properties Program (Thermochemistry 1)
Thermophysical properties function (gasprops)
Thermophysical properties function for air-only intake (gaspropsDI)
Fuel Air Cycle – Otto – Pre-Mixed Fuel
Fuel Air Cycle – Otto – Direct-Injected Fuel
Heat Release preliminary - volume function
Heat Release preliminary - Weibe function
Heat Release cycle simulation - main program
Heat Release cycle simulation - temperature derivative function
Heat Release cycle with valve flow - main
Heat Release cycle with valve flow – temperature derivative
Heat Release cycle with valve flow – Weibe function
Heat Release cycle with valve flow – valve area
Heat Release with heat and mass loss - main
Heat Release with heat and mass loss – temperature derivative
Heat Release with heat and mass loss – cylinder wall area
Heat Release with heat and mass loss - mass