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A Study on Measurement and Automation Method of Cylinder Head Swirl (실린더 헤드 스월 측정 및 자동화 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Lee Choong-Hoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.92-99
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    • 2006
  • The swirl ratio of a charge in the cylinder was estimated by calculating the ratio of the rotary speed of charge which could be simulated from the rotary speed of paddle in the swirl measurement apparatus, to the engine speed which could be calculated by measuring intake air flow rate. The automation of the swirl ratio measurement for cylinder head was achieved by controling both valve lift in cylinder head and a suction pressure of surge tank using two step-motors. The number of measurement position for calculating mean swirl ratio was varied by adjusting the interval of valve lift. The mean swirl ratio with varying the number of measurement position showed nearly constant value. Two measurement methods for measuring the swirl ratio were compared, one was to control the suction pressure of the surge tank with PID (proportional, integral, differential) mode with by-pass valve controlled by the step motor and the other did not control the surge tank pressure by fixing the by-pass valve. The difference of the mean swirl ratio between the two measurement methods showed nearly constant value with varying the number of measurement position. This means that the w/o PID control method could be preferred to the PID control method which has been used, due to the simpleness of the swirl measurement.

FINITE ELEMENT MODELING AND PARAMETER STUDY OF HALF-BEAD OF MLS CYLINDER HEAD GASKET

  • CHO S. S.;HAN B. K.;LEE J. H.;CHANG H.;KIM B. K.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 2006
  • Half-beads of multi-layer-steel cylinder head gaskets take charge of sealing of lubrication oil and coolant between the cylinder head and the block. Since the head lifts off periodically due to the combustion gas pressure, both the dynamic sealing performance and the fatigue durability are essential for the gasket. A finite element model of the halfbead has been developed and verified with experimental data. The half-bead forming process was included in the model to consider the residual stress effects. The model is employed to assess the dependence of the sealing performance and the fatigue durability on the design parameters of half-bead such as the width and height of bead and the flat region length. The assessment results show that the sealing performance can be enhanced without significant deterioration of the fatigue durability in a certain range of the half-bead width. In the other cases the improvement of sealing performance is accompanied by the loss of the fatigue durability. Among three parameters, the bead width has the strongest influence.

Unsteady heat transfer and thermal stress analysis of a gasoline engine cylinder head (실린더 헤드의 비정상 열전달 및 열응력 해석)

  • 박진무;임영훈;김병탁
    • Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.41-52
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    • 1990
  • In this study are determined the unsteady temperature and thermal stress fields for a domestic 4-cylinder, 4-cycle gasoline engine cylinder head by the three-dimensional finite element method. A representative part of the cylinder head is modelled as a combination of hexahedron isoparametric elements, and the time-dependent temperature and the heat transfer coefficient of the gas are imposed as the thermal boundary conditions for the engine speeds of 500 rpm and 2000 rpm. The obtained results, which are represented graphically, indicate that the amplitudes of temperature fluctuation during a cycle are about 10.deg. C and 3.deg. C respectively on the surface of combustion chamber, and the maximum temperature fields occur at 30.deg. , 10.deg. respectively before the initiation of the exhaust stroke. Thermal stress fields due to non-uniform temperature distributions show that compressive stress is much larger than tensile stress throughout a cycle. It is also found that the compressive stress varies with substantial amplitude between the exhaust port and ignition plug hole, and the high tensile stress with small fluctuation occurs between exhaust port and the adjacent head bolt hole.

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Numerical Study of the Effect of Head Shapes on the Flow Field in a Cylinder of Two-Stroke Engine (헤드 형상에 따른 2행정기관 실린더내의 유동장에 대한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Kang, D.W.;Yang, H.C.;Chae, S.;Ryou, H.S.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.2 no.5
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    • pp.48-57
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    • 1994
  • The specific power output and thermal effeciency of any two-stroke engine are dependent on its scavenging behavior. Among the many factors which influence on the scavenging process, the cylinder head shape is one of the important factor. Hence in this study three different type models of cylinder head shape which are the cylindrical, the spherical and the arbitrary shape are studied to show the effects of the turbulent scavenging process in the cylinder with one inlet port, two side ports and one exhaust port. A modified version of KIVA-II which strip out of or add planes of cells across the mesh above the piston for flow simulation of two-stroke engine is used. The $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulent model is used. The results show that the flow in a two-stroke engine cylinder of the spherical head shape among the three different type model is a desirable for efficient scavenging.

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Steady Flow Characteristics of Four-Valve Cylinder Heads (실린더헤드 형상에 따른 정상유동 특성)

  • 배충식;정경석
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.4 no.5
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    • pp.197-205
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    • 1996
  • The flow characteristics of five different 4-valve cylinder heads were investigated in a steady flow rig using laser-Doppler velocimetry. The tumble flow of each head with pentroof combustion chamber was quantified by nondimensional tumble number using a tumble adaptor. The formation of tumbling vortex was examined in an optical single-cylinder engine which has windows for in-cylinder LDV measurements. Tumble vortex ratio was estimated from the tumble flow measurement. The four-valve cylinder heads with pent-roof combustion chamber showed the tumble vortex from the intake process, which was investigated in the steady flow test. The tumble adaptor which converts the tumble into swirl flow was found to be feasible in predicting the tumble flow in the real engine. The tumble strength in the steady flow test coincides with that in the real engine experiment within 15%. It was found that the steady flow test on the four-valve cylinder heads provides the tip for a better design of cylinder head.

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Robust Design of Engine Head Gasket (엔진 헤드 개스킷 강건 설계)

  • Lee, Seungwoo;Yang, Chulho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.416-424
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    • 2016
  • A robust design of head gasket is pursued by using FEA model of engine assembly. Engine assembly model consists of cylinder head, block, gasket, and head bolt is constructed to understand a complex behavior of this engine compound. Thermal loading is performed on the assembled engine cylinder and block to obtain temperature field. Firing load is added to the results of heat transfer analysis to simulate the engine operation condition. Temperature filed results from heat transfer analysis are mapped into the structural mesh. Contact pressure distribution along the bead has been monitored for the engine operation condition. Based on the results obtained from the analysis, Taguchi method has been adopted for a robust design process of head gasket. Among the control factors, bolt size affects most robustness of head gasket sealing.

Leakage Analysis of the Exhaust Gas for the Engine Exhaust Manifold (엔진 배기매니폴드의 배기가스 누설 해석)

  • Choi, Bok-Lok
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.160-165
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    • 2007
  • Exhaust manifold is generally subjected to thermal cycle loadings ; at hot condition, large compressive plastic deformations are generated, and at cold condition, tensile stresses are remained in highly deformed critical zones. These phenomena originate from that thermal expansions of the runners are restricted by inlet flange connected to the cylinder head, because the former is less stiff than the latter and, the temperature of the inlet flange is lower than that of the runners. Therefore, due to the repetitions of thermal deformation, leakage problems could be occur between inlet flange and cylinder head. In this study, we obtained pressure distributions along gasket bead lines from the finite element analysis and compared to the test results. It shows a good agreement between numerical and experimental results.

An Experimental Study on the Measurement of Instantaneous Surface Temperature and Heat Flux on the Cylinder Head Surface of DI Diesel Engine (DI 디젤기관 실린더 헤드표면의 순간온도 및 열유속 측정에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 이재순;김기태;이현구;강태경;우종헌;김수성
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.178-187
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    • 1997
  • For the experimental measurement of heat flux of DI diesel engine combustion chamber, the instantaneous temperature probes and data acquisition system were developed. By the analysis of measured temperatures at the cylinder head, the temperature at the point 3 which is located between intake and exhaust valve was higher than that of the other points. Temperatures at the point located mear the exhaust valve were higher than those of intake valve. The instantaneous and mean temperature at the cylinder head increases proportionally to the increase of the engine speed, while the temperature swing varies inversely. Temperature swings have influence on the maximum heat flux values from gas into head surface. It has been verified that these probes and data acquisition system perform well by the comparison of the trend of instantaneous temperature variation with that of measured combustion chamber pressure variation with respect to crank angle. It is presumed that these probes could be used in the measurement of other parts of combustion chamber as piston, cylinder wall etc. for the future study.

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Characteristics of Flow Coefficients in an Engine Cylinder Head with a Quasi-steady Flow Condition by Continuous Variation of the Valve Lift (밸브 양정의 연속 변화에 의한 준정상 유동 조건에서의 엔진 실린더헤드 유량계수 특성)

  • Oh, Dae-San;Lee, Choong-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.22-27
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    • 2010
  • Flow Coefficients of intake port in an engine cylinder head were measured by a newly designed flow rig. In measuring the flow coefficient with traditional method, the valve lift was manually varied by technician with adjusting a micrometer which is directly connected to the intake valve of the cylinder head. The cam shaft of the cylinder head is directly rotated by a step motor and the valve lift was automatically varied with cam shaft profile in the newly designed flow rig. The measurement of the flow coefficient was automated by rotating the cam shaft with the step motor. Automatic measurement of the flow coefficient could be safely measured by separating a technician from the noise and vibration of the traditional flow rig. Also, the automatic measurement of the flow coefficient reduce the measurement time and provide meaningful statistical data.

Coolant Flow Characteristics and Cooling Effects in the Cylinder Head with Coolant Flow System and Local Water Passage (냉각수 공급방식 및 국부적인 물통로의 형상 변화에 따른 냉각수 유동특성 및 연소실 벽면의 냉각효과)

  • 위신환;민영대;이종태
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.32-41
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    • 2003
  • For the countermeasure of expected higher thermal load in miller cycle engine, coolant flows in the cylinder head of base engine with several coolant flow methods and drilled hole passages were measured by using PIV technique. And the cooling effect was evaluated by measurements of wall temperatures according to each coolant flow method. It was found that the series flow system was most suitable among the discussed 3 types of coolant flow methods since it had the best cooling effect in cylinder head by the fastest coolant flow velocity It was also found that for drilled water passage to decrease the large thermal load in exhaust valve bridge, nozzle type is more effective compared with round type of water passage, and its size has to be determined according to the coolant flow pattern and velocity in each cylinder.