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Design and Simulation of Two Stroke Engines

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<strong>Design</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Simulation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Two</strong>-<strong>Stroke</strong> <strong>Engines</strong><br />

faster than the non-homentropic method <strong>of</strong> characteristics. Of great importance is the inherent<br />

ability <strong>of</strong> the GPB code to automatically take into account the presence <strong>of</strong> variable gas<br />

properties <strong>and</strong> variable gas species throughout a duct. This is not the case with the Lax-<br />

Wendr<strong>of</strong>f (+FCT) code, <strong>and</strong> the inclusion <strong>of</strong> variable gas properties <strong>and</strong> variable gas species<br />

within a duct for that computer code has been reported to slow it down by anything from a<br />

factor <strong>of</strong> 1.6 for a minimum acceptable level <strong>of</strong> accuracy to a factor <strong>of</strong> 5 to attain complete<br />

accuracy [2.62, 2.63].<br />

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Fig. 2.58 Friction causing wave reflections from compression <strong>and</strong> expansion waves.<br />

2.21 Concluding remarks<br />

The GPB finite system simulation technique can be used with some confidence regarding<br />

its accuracy for the thermodynamics <strong>and</strong> unsteady gas dynamics <strong>of</strong> flow from <strong>and</strong> into engine<br />

cylinders, <strong>and</strong> throughout the ducting attached to the internal-combustion engine.<br />

It is an interesting commentary on the activities <strong>of</strong> those who fund research in engineering,<br />

in this case the Science <strong>and</strong> Engineering Research Council <strong>of</strong> the UK, that when they<br />

were approached some years ago for the funding <strong>of</strong> the theoretical <strong>and</strong> experimental work<br />

described in this text, a "committee <strong>of</strong> peers" rejected the application for such funding on the<br />

grounds that it had "all been done before." The last line <strong>of</strong> the Second Mulled Toast should be<br />

item 1 on any agenda for meetings <strong>of</strong> organizations that fund research in engineering.<br />

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