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A Wavelet Neural Network Method to Determine Diesel Engine Piston Heat Transfer Boundary Conditions

Journal Article
2012-01-1760
ISSN: 1946-3936, e-ISSN: 1946-3944
Published September 10, 2012 by SAE International in United States
A Wavelet Neural Network Method to Determine Diesel Engine Piston Heat Transfer Boundary Conditions
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Citation: Du, J., "A Wavelet Neural Network Method to Determine Diesel Engine Piston Heat Transfer Boundary Conditions," SAE Int. J. Engines 5(4):1740-1746, 2012, https://doi.org/10.4271/2012-01-1760.
Language: English

Abstract:

This paper presents a method of calculating temperature field of the piston by using a wavelet neural network (WNN) to identify the unknown boundary conditions. Because of the complexity of the heat transfer and limitations of experimental conditions of heat transfer analysis of the piston in a diesel engine, boundary conditions of the piston temperature field were usually obtained empirically, and thus the result itself was uncertain. By employing the capability of resolution analysis from a wavelet neural network, the method obtains improved boundary heat transfer coefficients with a limited number of measured temperatures. Using FEA software iteratively, results show the proposed wavelet neural network analysis method improves the prediction of unknown boundary conditions and temperature distribution consistent with the experimental data with an acceptable error.