REVIEW ARTICLE
Elastic Multi Body Simulation of a Multi-Cylinder Engine
D. Siano*, 1, R. Citarella2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 8
First Page: 157
Last Page: 169
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-8-157
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01408010157
Article History:
Received Date: 10/02/2014Revision Received Date: 15/05/2014
Acceptance Date: 15/05/2014
Electronic publication date: 13/6/2014
Collection year: 2014
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
This paper analyzes the vibration behavior of an in-line 4-cylinder, 4-strokes, internal combustion turbocharged direct injection gasoline engine. A detailed multi-body numerical model of the engine prototype was used to characterize the whole engine dynamic behavior, in terms of forces and velocities. The crank train multi-body model was created starting from engine geometrical data, and the available combustion loads were employed for the Multi-Body Dynamic Simulation (MBDS). A combined usage of FEM and multi body methodologies were adopted for the dynamic analysis: both crankshaft and cylinder block were considered as flexible bodies, whereas all the other components were considered as rigid. The engine mounts were considered as flexible elements with given stiffness and damping. The hydrodynamic bearings were also modelling. The software LMS Virtual Lab (modules PDS and Motion) and ANSYS were used for the simulation.
