On the evolution of the flow field in a spark ignition engine

P Janas, I Wlokas, B Böhm, A Kempf - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2017 - Springer
The development of the turbulent flow field inside a spark ignition engine is examined by
large-eddy simulation (LES), from the intake flow to the tumble break-down. Ten consecutive …

Direct numerical simulation of the compression stroke under engine relevant conditions: Local wall heat flux distribution

M Schmitt, CE Frouzakis, YM Wright… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The distribution of the heat flux on the walls in a closed cylinder during the compression of a
non-reactive hydrogen–air mixture is investigated using data from a direct numerical …

Cause-and-effect chain analysis of combustion cyclic variability in a spark-ignition engine using large-eddy simulation, Part I: From tumble compression to flame …

Z Ding, K Truffin, S Jay - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding, modeling, and reducing the cycle-to-cycle variability (CCV) of combustion in
internal combustion engines (ICE) is a critical challenge to design engines of high efficiency …

A smart load-speed sensitive cooling map to have a high-performance thermal management system in an internal combustion engine

A Naderi, A Qasemian, MH Shojaeefard… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering the fact that electrification is increasingly used in internal combustion engines,
this paper aims at presenting a smart speed-load sensitive cooling map for better thermal …

A 3D-CFD methodology to investigate boundary layers and assess the applicability of wall functions in actual industrial problems: A focus on in-cylinder simulations

F Berni, S Fontanesi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In the industrial practice, 3D-CFD in-cylinder simulations still largely rely on RANS
turbulence models and high-Reynolds wall treatments, ie based on wall functions. However …

Cause-and-effect chain analysis of combustion cyclic variability in a spark-ignition engine using large-eddy simulation, Part II: Origins of flow variations from intake

Z Ding, K Truffin, S Jay - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, the phenomenon of cycle-to-cycle variability (CCV) of combustion in a spark
ignition engine is investigated to give a deeper understanding of CCV generation. The main …

Direct numerical simulation of the flow in the intake pipe of an internal combustion engine

GK Giannakopoulos, CE Frouzakis… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The incompressible flow in the intake pipe of a laboratory-scale internal combustion engine
at Reynolds numbers corresponding to realistic operating conditions was studied with the …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling cycle-to-cycle variations in spark ignited combustion engines by scale-resolving simulations for different engine speeds

MG Masouleh, K Keskinen, O Kaario, H Kahila… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Here, internal combustion engine operating speed effects on combustion cycle-to-cycle
variations (CCV) are numerically investigated. The recent study by Ghaderi Masouleh et …

Understanding the influence of unsteady and convection terms in heat transfer model on the predicted heat flux in engines operated under different combustion modes

J Cao, M Jia, Y Li, H Liu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of current research is to develop an enhanced heat transfer model to accurately
predict the heat flux through the cylinder walls during the working process of internal …

Multi-cycle Direct Numerical Simulations of a Laboratory Scale Engine: Evolution of Boundary Layers and Wall Heat Flux

BA Danciu, GK Giannakopoulos, M Bode… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2024 - Springer
Multi-cycle direct numerical simulations (DNS) of a laboratory-scale engine at technically
relevant engine speeds (1500 and 2500 rpm) are performed to investigate the transient …