The three-dimensional inviscid flowfield between the face of the piston and the top of the cylinder in a reciprocating internal combustion engine is calculated for a complete four-stroke cycle (intake, compression, power, exhaust). The fluid dynamic aspects are emphasized; combustion is simply modeled by constant-volume heat addition. The computational method is an explicit time-dependent finite-difference solution of the governing fluid dynamic equations. The results show that a well-defined three-dimensional swirling flow pattern is established during the intake stroke, and that this swirl persists throughout the complete four-stroke cycle. Such a flowfield will have direct influence on I.C. engine combustion phenomena. Moreover, the radial distributions of pressure and temperature show a nearly-axisymmetric behavior, while the three-dimensional results in the valve plane show a striking similarity to previous two-dimensional results. The present investigation is the first three-dimensional calculation of the flowfield for all four strokes, and has important implications for future work in the application of computational fluid dynamics to I. C. engine analysis.
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September 1979
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Three-Dimensional Nonreacting Inviscid Flows in an Internal Combustion Engine
M. D. Griffin,
M. D. Griffin
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742
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J. D. Anderson, Jr.,
J. D. Anderson, Jr.
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742
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E. Jones
E. Jones
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742
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M. D. Griffin
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742
J. D. Anderson, Jr.
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742
E. Jones
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742
J. Fluids Eng. Sep 1979, 101(3): 367-372 (6 pages)
Published Online: September 1, 1979
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June 29, 1979
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October 12, 2010
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Griffin, M. D., Anderson, J. D., Jr., and Jones, E. (September 1, 1979). "Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Three-Dimensional Nonreacting Inviscid Flows in an Internal Combustion Engine." ASME. J. Fluids Eng. September 1979; 101(3): 367–372. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3448979
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