Experimental Methods and Measurements

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Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway Engineering

Synopsis:

The course deals with the application of basic principles, instruments and data acquisition systems used in the experimental R&D in the field of internal combustion engines. Classes will be taught in a form of lectures combined with laboratory exercises and demonstrations.

Requirements:

Information on the organisation of the course, special conditions for the award of ungraded assessment, graded assessment or examination and study materials can be found on the study material server https://studium.fs.cvut.cz/studium/u12120/E211137_EMM .

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Measuring chain, measurement uncertainties and errors

2. Force, torque and mass measurement

3. Frequency - speed and position

4. Pressure

5. Temperature

6. Flow-rate

7. Vibration and oscillation, basic acoustics, noise and sound

8. Characteristics of combustion engines

9. Engine test-bench integration, automated data acquisition, types of dynamometers

10. Acquisition and evaluation of fast changing pressures, measuring chain description, application of the 1st law of thermodynamics for a basic combustion analysis

11. Exhaust gas composition, environmental impact of combustion engine operation

12. Exhaust gas analysis, gaseous components and particulate matters

13. Legislation base

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Available literature and materials from suppliers of measuring systems

Heywood, J.B., Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, McGraw-Hill, 1988.

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: