Hi all!
I am rather new to the site and in addition, most of the topics I am messing with are outside of my schooling and experience as I am an electrical engineering and an automotive gear head. I am trying to further automotive science by creating a spreadsheet for combustion and power and...
You mean the ideal cycle? Nope. If I am reading this right, it is the equilibrium model for burned gases and specific heat models. I am also assuming a fully mixed, no heat loss model.
Frank
Well I finally got my book and Chapter 9 seems to be the area for which I am most concerned about. In there we are a few approaches including the Wiebe function. Unfortunetly, it is based off of coefficents that need real life data to shape the % burned curve (Xb). These coefficents (a & m)...
Bah! I actually own that book, however it is at my friend's house some 8 hours away, and he hasnt mailed it back. I love that book and has given me insight on what I have been doing wrong in my thought process of engines. In addition, it has given me a second wind on this spreadsheet on some...
This is a pretty cool site... I decided to register and ask my very first question...
I am developing an Excel Spreadsheet tool for learning purposes which demonstrates effects on power generation of automobile engines by changing various specifications like charge temperature, rpm, bore...