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Design and Simulation of Two Stroke Engines

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Chapter 1 - Introduction to the <strong>Two</strong>-<strong>Stroke</strong> Engine<br />

Plate 1.2 A Homelite chainsaw engine illustrating the two-stroke powered tool<br />

(courtesy <strong>of</strong> Homelite Textron).<br />

but interest in the design has seen a resurgence in recent times as the legislative pressure<br />

intensifies on exhaust acid emissions. Almost all car manufacturers are experimenting with<br />

various forms <strong>of</strong> two-stroke-engined vehicles equipped with direct fuel injection, or some<br />

variation <strong>of</strong> that concept in terms <strong>of</strong> stratified charging or combustion.<br />

The two-stroke engine has been used in light aircraft, <strong>and</strong> today is most frequently employed<br />

in the recreational microlite machines. There are numerous other applications for the<br />

spark-ignition (SI) engine, such as small electricity generating sets or engines for remotely<br />

piloted vehicles, i.e., aircraft for meteorological data gathering or military purposes. These<br />

are but two <strong>of</strong> a long list <strong>of</strong> multifarious examples.<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> the two-stroke engine in compression ignition (CI) or diesel form deserves<br />

special mention, even though it will not figure hugely in terms <strong>of</strong> specific design discussion<br />

within this book. The engine type has been used for trucks <strong>and</strong> locomotives, such as the<br />

designs from General Motors in America or Rootes-Tilling-Stevens in Britain. Both <strong>of</strong> these<br />

have been very successful engines in mass production. The engine type, producing a high<br />

specific power output, has also been a favorite for military installations in tanks <strong>and</strong> fast naval<br />

patrol boats. Some <strong>of</strong> the most remarkable aircraft engines ever built have been two-stroke<br />

diesel units, such as the Junkers Jumo <strong>and</strong> the turbo-compounded Napier Nomad. There is no<br />

doubt that the most successful <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> the applications is that <strong>of</strong> the marine diesel main<br />

propulsion unit, referred to in my student days in Harl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Wolff's shipyard in Belfast as<br />

a "cathedral" engine. The complete engine is usually some 12 m tall, so the description is<br />

rather apt. Such engines, the principal exponents <strong>of</strong> which were Burmeister <strong>and</strong> Wain in<br />

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