Engine Equations Ref?
Engine Equations Ref?
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Afternoon,
I'm currently looking for a recommendation for a suitable ref book containing combustion engine equations, mainly those pertaining to turbochaging/supercharging.
The engine I'm working on is the Honda K20A2 Engine.
cheers
I'm currently looking for a recommendation for a suitable ref book containing combustion engine equations, mainly those pertaining to turbochaging/supercharging.
The engine I'm working on is the Honda K20A2 Engine.
cheers





RE: Engine Equations Ref?
Amazon sells a trifecta (MacInnes, Bell, Miller) for about $50. All are good. Although the MacInnes book is getting a bit long in the tooth, it is still good from a historical standpoint. (I think it was one of the first publications to deal solely with turbochargers.) Hope this helps.
Dick
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The main reason I'm after the equations is I downloaded the "advanced theory" section from the Garrett website which contains a well written section, complete with eqn's for the basis of turbo sizing. However, I'm finding questionable constants & errors in temperature conversions, leading me to get significantly differing results, hence my need to find a proper reference!
RE: Engine Equations Ref?
1. Heywood, J.B. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals. McGraw-Hill, 1988.
2. Watson, N. and Janota, M.S. Turbocharging the Internal Combustion Engine. Macmillan, 1982 (out of print)
3. Hiereth, H. and Prenninger, P. Charging the Internal Combustion Engine. Springer, 2007.
If you want to make it a quadrifecta (if there were such a word, I would add:
4. Van Basshuysen, R. and Schaefer, F. Internal Combustion Engine Handbook : Basics, Components, Systems, and Perspectives. SAE International, 2004.
Add 5. Bosch Automotive Handbook.
Anything else is kids colouring books in comparison.
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Heinz Heisler Advanced Engine Technology
MS
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If any of the books I listed are a little overwhelming, there are still good books on ICEs by Ferguson, Stone and the aforementioned Heisler. I have all in my library, including oldies but goodies like Taylor, Obert and Ricardo.
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I also have found I have Modern Engine Tuning by A.Graham Bell which I forgot I'd borrowed from an old collegue...sorry fella, must get it back to you if you read this!
Has a good section on charging, but it not overly indepth.
All in all, thanks everybody for your help!
Now awaiting amazon delivery.....
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Good bedtime or bathroom reading LOL!
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please post the web address here .cheers in advance!
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Was this the section you don't care for?
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Which constant or temperature conversion wasn't working well?
Dan T
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The garrett method uses all the imperial methods and as I'm finding, the older the book on the topic, the more use of pre-resolved tables are used for ease of calculation.
The sums seem to be working as I've just done a revised supercharger version for an engine with known output & I get very accurate values.
Have also checked turbo selection against my existing D40 Navara & sums check out.
I'm now doing the sizing of charge coolers, coupled with the piping design.