Edition 2011, 245 pages

In the engine development process, simulation and predictive programs have continuously gained in reliance. Due to the complexity of future internal combustion engines the application of simulation programs towards a reliable “virtual engine development” is a need that represents one of the greatest challenges.
Marco Chiodi presents an innovative 3D-CFD-tool, exclusively dedicated and optimized for the simulation of internal combustion engines. Thanks to improved or newly developed 3D-CFD-models for the description of engine processes, this tool ensures an efficient and reliable calculation also by using coarse 3D-CFD-meshes. Based on this approach the CPU-time can be reduced up to a factor 100 in comparison to traditional 3D-CFD-simulations. In addition an integrated and automatic “evaluation tool” establishes a comprehensive analysis of the relevant engine parameters. Due to the capability of a reliable “virtual development” of full-engines, this fast response 3D-CFD-tool makes a major contribution to the engine development process.

• Simulation of Internal Combustion Engines
• Engine Energy-Balance
• Real Working-Process Analysis
• One-Dimension Simulation (1D-CFD-Simulation)
• Three-Dimensional Simulation (3D-CFD-Simulation)
• Towards an improved 3D-CFD-Simulation
• 3D-CFD-Modeling of the Thermodynamic Properties of the Working Fluid
• 3D-CFD-Modeling of the Combustion for SI-Engines
• 3D-CFD-Modeling of the Wall Heat-Transfer
• A Way towards Virtual Engine Development

• Automotive Engineers
• Engine Developers
• Analytical Chemists
• Researches and Students of Internal Combustion Engines