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Explore the effects of stroke length on engine kinematics and instantaneous volumes of the thermodynamic system. Understand the compression ratio, cylinder bore-to-stroke ratio, and kinematic rod ratio for engine optimization.
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Kinematics Vs Transient Thermal Processes for I.C. Engines P M V Subbarao Professor Mechanical Engineering Department Intelligence to Control Method & Pace of EngineCycle actualization ….
Effect of Stroke Length on Engine Kinematics Instantaneous Piston Displacement:
Minimum, Maximum & Instantaneous Volumes of Thermodynamic System
Instantaneous Cylinder Volume Instantaneous volume of the Thermodynamic system Instantaneous Surface area of the Thermodynamic system For a given displacement volume, Vd & squareness, RBS
Displacement Volume at Any Crank Angle Relative location of piston center w.r.t . Crank Axis at any crank angle
Engine Geometric Ratios Engine Compression Ratio Cylinder Bore-to-Stroke Ratio Kinematic Rod Ratio
Trending of Current Practice: Bore/Stroke Ratio Bore – to –Stroke Ratio
Extreme Limits of RB • The extremes to this relationship is the inertial forces originating from the piston motion. • To achieve high power density, the engine must operate at a high engine speed (up to 18,000 rpm for the Formula 1 engine), which leads to high inertial forces that must be limited by using a large bore-to-stroke ratio. • For applications that demand high efficiency requires a slower engine speed and lower power density. • And hence, a small bore-to-stroke ratio is necessary, again because of the inertial forces of the piston, • For the marine application that has a 2.5 m stroke, the engine speed is limited to 102 rpm.
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Economies of Scale in Sea Transportation • Maersk Lines have done the world proud by providing cheap sea transportation that is costing cents instead of a dollar per every kg weight. • They are able to do this by using economies of scale in sea transportation. • It is getting cheaper to ship goods from USA to China and from China to USA. • It has now become cheaper to transport goods from China to a US port than to transport the same goods from a US port to the final destination inland of US by a truck.