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Design and Simulation of Two Stroke Engines

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Chapter 8 - Reduction <strong>of</strong> Noise Emission from <strong>Two</strong>~<strong>Stroke</strong> <strong>Engines</strong><br />

The messages for the designer are obvious; to silence an engine, the frequency at which<br />

maximum noise is being created is that which must be tackled as a first priority <strong>and</strong>, for the<br />

silencing <strong>of</strong> the exhaust <strong>of</strong> the small industrial engine every extra cubic centimeter <strong>of</strong> exhaust<br />

box volume is well worth the ingenuity spent in its acquisition.<br />

8.5.7 Shaping the ports to reduce high-frequency noise<br />

The pr<strong>of</strong>iling <strong>of</strong> the opening edge <strong>of</strong> a port changes the mass flow-time history at that port<br />

<strong>and</strong> has an influence on the noise that gas flow creates.<br />

The intake ports<br />

If the intake system <strong>of</strong> the engine is controlled by a port <strong>and</strong> piston skirt or is a disc valve<br />

intake engine as introduced initially in Sees. 1.0 <strong>and</strong> 1.3, the pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the opening <strong>of</strong> that port<br />

affects the noise level. An exp<strong>and</strong>ed discussion on this matter is found below for exhaust<br />

ports, where the topic is <strong>of</strong> even greater importance, so it will be sufficient at this stage to<br />

draw your attention to the upper half <strong>of</strong> Fig. 8.24. In this diagram, the designer is presented<br />

with the option <strong>of</strong> shaping the opening or timing edge <strong>of</strong> the intake port so that the flow areatime<br />

characteristics <strong>of</strong> the port have a shallower pr<strong>of</strong>ile. This provides an induction pulse<br />

pressure-time <strong>and</strong> mass flow-time behavior which is less steep, <strong>and</strong> this reduces the highfrequency<br />

content <strong>of</strong> the intake noise spectrum [8.15]. By definition, this implies that, for<br />

equality <strong>of</strong> intake port time-areas, a shallow pr<strong>of</strong>ile designed on the timing edge can require a<br />

longer port timing duration, otherwise there may be a reduction <strong>of</strong> the delivery ratio. Nevertheless,<br />

this is a viable design option, particularly for such engine applications where there is<br />

little room available for a conventional low-pass intake silencer; as usual, the h<strong>and</strong>held power<br />

tool is the archetypical example <strong>of</strong> such an application.<br />

The exhaust ports<br />

The effect <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>iling the exhaust port in a chainsaw, <strong>and</strong> its ensuing behavior in both<br />

noise <strong>and</strong> power terms, is discussed in some detail in a paper by Johnston [8.14]. It is impor-<br />

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STEEP FRONTED<br />

PULSE<br />

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SHALLOWER<br />

PROFILE<br />

Fig. 8.24 Intake port pr<strong>of</strong>iling affects the pulse shape.<br />

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