Engine Testing. The Design, Building, Modification and Use of Powertrain Test Facilities

✍ Scribed by A. J. Martyr and M.A. Plint (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 572
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword to the Fourth Edition, Pages xix-xx
About the Authors, Page xxi
Introduction, Pages xxiii-xxvii
Chapter 1 - Test Facility Specification, System Integration, and Project Organization, Pages 1-16
Chapter 2 - Quality and H&S Legislation and Management, Type Approval, Test Correlation, and Reporting of Results, Pages 17-39
Chapter 3 - The Test Cell as a Thermodynamic System, Pages 41-50
Chapter 4 - Powertrain Test Facility Design and Construction, Pages 51-87
Chapter 5 - Electrical Design Requirements of Test Facilities, Pages 89-108
Chapter 6 - Ventilation and Air-Conditioning in Powertrain Test Facilities, Pages 109-149
Chapter 7 - Test Cell Cooling Water and Exhaust Gas Systems, Pages 151-182
Chapter 8 - Fuel and Oil Storage, Supply and Treatment, Pages 183-201
Chapter 9 - Vibration and Noise, Pages 203-225
Chapter 10 - Dynamometers: The Measurement of Torque, Speed, and Power, Pages 227-258
Chapter 11 - Rigging the Engine and Shaft Selection, Pages 259-297
Chapter 12 - Test Cell Safety, Control, and Data Acquisition, Pages 299-333
Chapter 13 - Data Handling, the Use of Modeling, and Post-Test Processing, Pages 335-350
Chapter 14 - Measurement of Fuel, Combustion Air, and Oil Consumption, Pages 351-374
Chapter 15 - The Combustion Process and Combustion Analysis, Pages 375-406
Chapter 16 - Engine Exhaust Emissions, Pages 407-450
Chapter 17 - Chassis or Rolling-Road Dynamometers, Pages 451-482
Chapter 18 - Anechoic Test Cells: NVH and EMC Testing, Pages 483-500
Chapter 19 - The Pursuit and Definition of Accuracy, Pages 501-516
Chapter 20 - Tribology, Fuel, and Lubrication Testing, Pages 517-529
Chapter 21 - Thermal Efficiency, Measurement of Heat, and Mechanical Losses, Pages 531-546
Appendix 1 - Martyr’s Laws of Engineering Project Management, Pages 547-549
Index, Pages 551-571