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1999 213: 391 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
Y. H. Zweiri, J. F. Whidborne and L. D. Seneviratne
Dynamic simulation of a single-cylinder diesel engine including dynamometer modelling and friction
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cos(q)
1+
(r/L) cos(q)
u
3/2
n
1u
u
sin(q)
(11)
G
2
(q) =r
sin(q) +
1u
u
cos(q)
n
(12)
Fig. 1 Engine and dynamometer model
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where M is the mass of the piston, rings, pin and small
end of the connecting rod, and y is the acceleration of
the reciprocating components. The connecting rod is
treated as an equivalent mass system, the rst concentric
mass is assumed to be connected to the crankpin as a big
end while the second concentric mass is attached to the
piston assembly as a small end. The forces acting on the
connecting rod, the inertia forces and the bearing forces
act at the ends of the rod. It is assumed that the big end
of the connecting rod may be placed at the crankpin
centre rather than at the correct point. Thus, there are
no transverse components of the force between the ends
of the rod to bend or shear the link, and therefore the
member is in axial tension or compression.
Implementation of the instantaneous torque model
obviously requires accurate masses of the reciprocating
components in addition to the detailed engine geometry.
The piston pin is slightly offset in order to reduce engine
noise and wear during the change in direction of the
normal force on the piston at the end of compression.
2.3 Friction torque model
2.3.1 Piston ring assembly friction torque, T
f 1
The literature [810] suggests that the piston ring assem-
bly may be responsible for 5075 per cent of the entire
engine friction. The components that contribute to
friction are: compression rings, oil control ring, piston
skirt and piston pin. The forces acting on the piston
assembly include static ring tension, the gas pressure
force and the inertia force. The piston assembly friction
is dominated by the ring friction components [11]. This
model takes into account only the hydrodynamic lubri-
cation, since the friction torque is identically zero at the
top and the bottom dead centre position. The piston
assembly friction torque is expressed as
T
f1
=F
f1
rG(q) (13)
where
F
f1
=sgn(y; )
_ F
f
RLi
+F
f
SL
n
(14)
where sgn(y; ) is the signum function (i.e. the sign of
friction force is the same as the sign of piston velocity)
dened as
sgn(y; ) =
1, y; \0
0, y; =0
(15)
1, y; B0
The present approach is based on calculating the piston
assembly friction using a simplied model [12, 13] that
is based on hydrodynamic lubrication. The lubrication is
considered to be one-dimensional as both ring and bore
are assumed to be perfectly circular with the same centre,
in which case the clearance in the circumferential direc-
tion is constant, the ring is considered to be innitely
long and there is no gap effect. In this case the Reynolds
equation becomes
(
(x
h
3
v
(p
(x
=6U
(h
(x
+12
(h
(t
(16)
The load equation is
W=
B
0
p dx (17)
and the friction force is
F
f
=
B
0
h
2
(p
(x
+
vU
h
dx (18)
By integrating the Reynolds equation twice with
boundary conditions x=0, p=p
1
(t) and x=B, p=
p
2
(t), the oil-lm pressure is expressed as
p=
6{U2(h
l
h
m
)/[tan x(Dt)]}vB
h
m
2
K
1
h
2
K+1
h
2
2
(K+2)
1
K+2
n
+p
1
+(p
1
p
2
)
(K+1)
2
(h
2
2
1)
[(K+1)
2
1]h
2
2
(19)
where
h
2
=h/h
m
and K=
B tan x
h
m
(20)
Finally, from equation (18) the friction force per circum-
ferential unit length is
F
f
l
=
h
m
2
[p
1
p
2
(K+1)] +
1
2
W
l
tan x
+
vUB
h
m
K
ln(K+1) (21)
where W is obtained from equation (17).
2.3.2 Bearings friction torque, T
f 2
Bearings friction contributions come from the journal
bearings and their associated seals. Journal bearings are
usually designed to provide a minimum lm thickness of
about 2 mm. The journal bearings operate under hydro-
dynamic lubrication, which means a large load can be
carried by the journal bearing with low energy losses
under normal operating conditions. Following work
done by Rezeka and Henein [14], the friction torque, T
f2
,
in the bearing is expressed as
T
f2
=hA
D
b
2
(p
i
p
atm
)
|cos q|
q:
(22)
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Fig. 3 Transient diesel engine model representation using SIMULINK
2.3.3 Val6e train friction torque, T
f3
The valve train carries high loads over the entire speed
range of the engine. Loads acting on the valve train at
lower speeds are due primarily to the spring forces,
while at higher speeds the inertia forces of the compo-
nent masses dominate. From reference [15] (p. 738), the
friction torque, T
3
, in the valve train is expressed as
T
3
=169.8
(10.00127q: )n
iv
D
iv
1.75
V
d
2d
2
r
n
(23)
2.3.4 Pumping losses torque, T
f4
The pumping work is the integral of the product of the
pressure and the volume over inlet and exhaust strokes.
The work measures two effects: the rst is the restric-
tions outside the cylinder, in the inlet and exhaust
systemsthe air lter and intake manifold on the inlet
side and the exhaust manifold, mufer and tail pipe on
the exhaust side; the second effect is the valve ow,
which corresponds mainly to pressure losses in the inlet
and exhaust valves. The pumping losses torque is the
summation of the two effects. From reference [15] (p.
728), it is expressed as
T
4
=1.0618
V
d
2.28
(n
iv
n
c
D
iv
2
)
1.28
n
q:
1.7
(24)
2.3.5 Pumps friction torque, T
f5
The pumps are employed to circulate the oil, water and
fuel. From reference [16] (p. 246), the pumps friction
torque is expressed as
T
5
=6.7910
6
zV
d
(2r)
2.5
D
v
n
q:
2.5
(25)
The formulation obtained by the three models pre-
sented in this section leads to a set of non-linear
differential equations. These can be numerically inte-
grated to obtain the simulated engine performance.
3 MODEL IMPLEMENTATION
The simulation is created using MATLAB/SIMULINK
[7, 17]. Figure 3 shows the structure of the single-cylin-
der diesel engine SIMULINK model. The main advan-
tage of SIMULINK is its capability to represent the
entire engine model by an assemblage of interconnected
blocks. Also, it has eight variable-step solvers and six
xed-step solvers for the integration of differential
equations, and hence the most suitable integration
method can be chosen. Input design parameters are
passed on to the blocks from an input le, but all of the
operating parameters come from the block (functions)
for the other components of the system.
4 MODEL BEHAVIOUR AND VALIDATION
In order to validate the behaviour of the engine dy-
namic model with experimental results, simulations
have been performed for two single-cylinder diesel en-
gines labelled A and B. Some geometrical specications
for engine A are shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Engine A geometrical specications
130 mm Bore, d
80 mm Crank radius, r
Connecting rod length, L 269.3 mm
15 Compression ratio, c
Piston pin offset, l 1.69 mm
Engine moment of inertia, J 1.4 kg m
2
Dynamometer moment of inertia, J
1
0.37 kg m
2
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Fig. 4 Comparison between the predicted ( ) and measured ( ) instantaneous speed of engine A with
dynamometer load ( )
Fig. 5 Fluctuation in the crankshaft angular acceleration of engine A during transient response
A comparison between predicted and measured val-
ues of the crankshaft instantaneous angular velocity
during engine transient behaviour is illustrated in Fig.
4. The measured values are taken from reference [6].
Almost no external load is imposed by the dynamome-
ter for the rst two seconds, so the engine accelerates
from low idle speed and passes through the entire speed
range until it is at high idle speed. The acceleration
during the transient is shown in Fig. 5; the engine
accelerates because the net torque value is positive. As
shown in Fig. 4, between 2.4 and 3 s, the dynamometer
increases the external load in order to keep the engine
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speed constant, hence acting as a cut-off of the fuel
pump. Finally, the external load is increased signi-
cantly after 3 s in order to reduce the engine speed
while indicated torque remains at the same value. The
resulting net torque value is negative, so the engine
decelerates as shown in Figs 4 and 6.
The overall agreement between the measured and
predicted traces is excellent. The very small discrepan-
cies at a speed of 19002180 r/min are linked to using
dynamometer step loading rather than fuel pump cut-
off to avoid engine over-running, inaccuracies in the
values of the engine model parameters, changes in
Fig. 6 Fluctuation in the crankshaft angular deceleration of engine A during applied external loads
Fig. 7 Fluctuations in the indicated torque on the crankshaft of engine A during steady state low idle speed
over one engine cycle
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Fig. 8 Fluctuations in the instantaneous crankshaft angular speed of engine A during steady state low idle
speed (from t
1
to t
2
represents one engine cycle)
Fig. 9 Steady state high idle crankshaft speed of engine A
friction and oil viscosity during transient process and to
the fact that the engine angular velocity uctuations are
subject to the effect not only of engine torque but also
of the reactive forces from the engine and dynamometer
mounting in a sharp transient operation.
The instantaneous torque produced by the engine at
low idle speed over one engine cycle (two revolutions) is
shown in Fig. 7. The maximum torque value represents
the maximumpressure in the cylinder during the combus-
tion stroke. As a consequence of the huge uctuations
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Fig. 10 Fluctuation in the indicated torque on the crankshaft of engine A during transient response
in engine torque during the cycle, the variations in the
instantaneous crankshaft rotational speed are obvious
between t
1
and t
2
in Fig. 8; the sudden drop in the speed
and its subsequent increase can be linked with the
negative and positive peaks of the engine torque. The
amplitudes of the cyclic speed uctuations tend to
increase as the mean engine speed decreases owing to the
fact that at low engine speed the cycle time is long and
the engine deceleration at the end of the compression
stroke is dominant and vice versa, as shown in Figs 8 and
9. This is a very important criterion in making compro-
mises between the ywheel size, the engine speed of
response and the engine low idle speed limit. Owing to
the harmonic motion of the reciprocating assembly, the
relation between the phase of indicated torque and the
instantaneous engine acceleration is virtually identical, as
shown in Figs 10 and 5.
To test the dynamic model behaviour under steady
state with exerted external load, a simulation has been
performed for a low-speed single-cylinder diesel engine;
some geometrical specications for engine B are shown
in Table 2.
Figure 11 shows the predicted instantaneous angular
velocity during the starting process until steady state
angular velocity at rating torque. The starter-off speed
was about 40 rad/s. After the starter torque is turned off,
the angular velocity is accelerated by increasing input
torque to achieve rating indicated torque. The external
load torque (from the dynamometer) was increased
between 4 and 9 s in three steps (to avoid the chatter
effect) until it reached the rating load torque (maximum
engine output torque) and the steady state angular engine
speed was achieved. Figure 12 shows the comparison
between predicted and measured steady state angular
engine velocity at rating torque and it is in excellent
agreement.
Figure 13 shows the average values of the engine
friction components at steady state. The piston assembly
friction torque is about 60 per cent, the crankshaft and
camshaft bearing friction torque is about 15 per cent and
the valves and pumping friction torque are nearly equal
at steady state and are about 10 per cent each. Finally,
the pump losses are about 5 per cent. Figure 14 illustrates
the mean engine acceleration (averaged over each engine
cycle) to describe the engine step acceleration decreases
during dynamometer loading steps and the zero average
acceleration at steady state.
5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
This paper presents a dynamic model for a single-
cylinder diesel engine that can simulate engine per-
formance under both transient and steady state operating
Table 2 Engine B geometrical specications
100 mm Bore, d
62.5 mm Crank radius, r
218.8 mm Connecting rod length, L
18 Compression ratio, c
Piston pin offset, l 1.75 mm
1.7 kg m
2
Engine moment of inertia, J
Dynamometer moment of inertia, J
1
0.37 kg m
2
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Fig. 11 Instantaneous speed of engine B from starting ( ) with dynamometer load ( )
Fig. 12 Comparison between predicted ( ) and measured ( ) steady state uctuation speed of engine
B at rating torque
conditions. The model has been implemented in SIM-
ULINK. Validation has been performed for two types
of diesel engine, one for transient response and the
other for steady state. Predicted proles of the instanta-
neous engine speeds through the transient and steady
state are in excellent agreement with measurements.
The model includes all the engine friction components,
namely the piston assembly, the crankshaft bearings,
the valve train, the pumping losses and the pumps.
Figures 4 and 12 illustrate the importance of this
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friction during both transient response and at steady
state. The model also includes consideration of the
piston pin offset. A dynamic dynamometer model is
also included, which enables a variety of engine tests to
be carried out.
The model has been developed with the aim of
investigating different strategies for transient fuel con-
trol. The work presented here does not include any
modelling of the thermodynamic processes within the
engine. Work is ongoing in developing such models. In
Fig. 13 Average friction torque components for engine B at steady state: (a) piston assembly; (b)
crankshaft bearings ( ), pumping ( ), valve train () and pumps ( )
Fig. 14 Mean acceleration of engine B from starting until steady state
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addition, the model is being extended for multicylinder
engines. Work is also ongoing to include modelling of
operation from cold start.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank Mr D. Wareing of
Perkins Technology for his continuing support, and Dr
D.N. Fenner, Dr K.C. Lee and Dr K.A. Althoefer for
their suggestions and help. This research is partly
nanced by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by
Mutah University. The rst author is most grateful to
Professor E. Dahiyat for his encouragement and help.
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