COMPUTER-CONTROLLED NON-STEADY-STATE ENGINE TESTING

A programme of dynamic testing of automotive engines on a dynamometer is described. The engines were subjected to varying rates of acceleration and deceleration under computer control. Data from fast-response instrumentation was logged by the computer, processed and output in the form of conventional performance characteristic curves. These are compared with conventionally obtained curves, and it is concluded that with appropriate instrumentation, speed ramp rates and statistical processing of data, accurate performance curves can be obtained very rapidly.(A) (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Goulburn, J R
  • Brown, D G
  • CASE, R
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 50-60
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Control; Data collection; Deceleration; Digital computers; Engine performance; Engines; Equipment; Measuring instruments; Safety; Speed; Temperature; Vehicle design; Vehicle performance; Vehicle tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Engine design
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 3882: Automatic; 3874: Control; 8623: Data acquisition; 5416: Deceleration; 8673: Digital computer; 3674: Equipment; 5421: Force; 1334: Motor; 5408: Speed; 6722: Temperature; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00623819
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1992 12:00AM