Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system

This thesis deals with the design of a single cylinder high-speed spark ignition linear engine with a spring system return cycle. The main objective of the research is to design and analyse a free piston linear engine that is easy to start, easy to maintain and easy to control. The unique design of...

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Main Author:	Aguk Zuhdi, Muhammad Fathallah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	my-ump-ir.48962023-06-07T00:23:00Z Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system 2011-03 Aguk Zuhdi, Muhammad Fathallah TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This thesis deals with the design of a single cylinder high-speed spark ignition linear engine with a spring system return cycle. The main objective of the research is to design and analyse a free piston linear engine that is easy to start, easy to maintain and easy to control. The unique design of the spring as a return cycle in a free piston linear engine is presented and its effects on engine performance and motion are discussed. The engine performance has been predicted the aim is to design a linear engine particularly for the spring system. The spring design has been optimised by using a multilevel optimization approach. Based on the optimisation of the spring design, the linear engine geometry design has been conducted. The performance of the linear engine design has been measured and the results compared with the predicted performance. Besides which the motion of the linear engine has been studied; however, friction affect show the rotated of the piston. It is necessary to modify the spring mechanism to ensure that the scavenging process works properly. Two scenarios such as the removal of the bottom part of the piston skirt and adding a lock to the connecting rod are recommended, based of structural stress and thermal-structural stress analysis. Software has been used in the research to analyse the design of the free piston linear engine with a spring system, including GT-Power, SolidWorks, Matlab, Algor, and Spread-Sheet. The model has been built using GT-Power to predict the engine performance. To validate the model, it has been assessed with the original engine manual and experimentally. Three step multilevel optimisation of the spring geometry has been carried out by using Matlab and Spread-Sheet. SolidWorks has been used to design all of the components and for the assembly of the linear engine. Cosmos motion, which is a part of the SolidWorks facility, has been used to analyse the piston dynamics of the linear engine. Once again, GT-Power has been used to analyse the effect of the spring design on the linear engine performance. For the modification of the design of the spring system, Algor has been used to analyse the thermal-structural stress of the piston and the connecting rod. Through step by step considerations started from building model to predict the performance of linear engine, to optimize the spring geometry design then continued build the free piston linear engine with spring system including design, analyses and modified. The result is a design which predicts the performance and the dynamics of piston motion. Only 50% of the 12 speeds sampled worked correctly. The rotation of the piston on the Z-ordinate can be fixed through modification of the piston or connecting rod. A design of a single cylinder high-speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system as return cycle has been carried out. Although the range of speeds was narrow compared to a conventional engine, the maximum power output is still higher. The final design result was 1.03 kW at 3.6 m/sec. 2011-03 Thesis http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4896/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4896/1/Design%20and%20simulation%20of%20a%20single%20cylinder%20high%20speed%20spark%20ignition%20linear%20engine%20with%20spring%20system.pdf pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Malaysia Pahang Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Abu Bakar, Rosli
institution	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah
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language	English
advisor	Abu Bakar, Rosli
topic	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Aguk Zuhdi, Muhammad Fathallah Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system
description	This thesis deals with the design of a single cylinder high-speed spark ignition linear engine with a spring system return cycle. The main objective of the research is to design and analyse a free piston linear engine that is easy to start, easy to maintain and easy to control. The unique design of the spring as a return cycle in a free piston linear engine is presented and its effects on engine performance and motion are discussed. The engine performance has been predicted the aim is to design a linear engine particularly for the spring system. The spring design has been optimised by using a multilevel optimization approach. Based on the optimisation of the spring design, the linear engine geometry design has been conducted. The performance of the linear engine design has been measured and the results compared with the predicted performance. Besides which the motion of the linear engine has been studied; however, friction affect show the rotated of the piston. It is necessary to modify the spring mechanism to ensure that the scavenging process works properly. Two scenarios such as the removal of the bottom part of the piston skirt and adding a lock to the connecting rod are recommended, based of structural stress and thermal-structural stress analysis. Software has been used in the research to analyse the design of the free piston linear engine with a spring system, including GT-Power, SolidWorks, Matlab, Algor, and Spread-Sheet. The model has been built using GT-Power to predict the engine performance. To validate the model, it has been assessed with the original engine manual and experimentally. Three step multilevel optimisation of the spring geometry has been carried out by using Matlab and Spread-Sheet. SolidWorks has been used to design all of the components and for the assembly of the linear engine. Cosmos motion, which is a part of the SolidWorks facility, has been used to analyse the piston dynamics of the linear engine. Once again, GT-Power has been used to analyse the effect of the spring design on the linear engine performance. For the modification of the design of the spring system, Algor has been used to analyse the thermal-structural stress of the piston and the connecting rod. Through step by step considerations started from building model to predict the performance of linear engine, to optimize the spring geometry design then continued build the free piston linear engine with spring system including design, analyses and modified. The result is a design which predicts the performance and the dynamics of piston motion. Only 50% of the 12 speeds sampled worked correctly. The rotation of the piston on the Z-ordinate can be fixed through modification of the piston or connecting rod. A design of a single cylinder high-speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system as return cycle has been carried out. Although the range of speeds was narrow compared to a conventional engine, the maximum power output is still higher. The final design result was 1.03 kW at 3.6 m/sec.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Aguk Zuhdi, Muhammad Fathallah
author_facet	Aguk Zuhdi, Muhammad Fathallah
author_sort	Aguk Zuhdi, Muhammad Fathallah
title	Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system
title_short	Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system
title_full	Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system
title_fullStr	Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system
title_full_unstemmed	Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system
title_sort	design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2011
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4896/1/Design%20and%20simulation%20of%20a%20single%20cylinder%20high%20speed%20spark%20ignition%20linear%20engine%20with%20spring%20system.pdf
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Design and simulation of a single cylinder high speed spark ignition linear engine with spring system

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