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The Influence of Bowl Offset on Air motion in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine
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The influence of bowl offset on motored mean flow and turbulence in a direct injection diesel engine has been examined with the aid of a multi-dimensional flow code. Results are presented for three piston geometries. The bowl geometry of each piston was the same, while the offset between the bowl and the cylinder axis was varied from 0.0 to 9.6% of the bore. The swirl ratio at intake valve closing was also varied from 2.60 to 4.27. It was found that the angular momentum of the air at TDC was decreased by less than 8% when the bowl was offset. Nevertheless, the mean (squish and swirl) flows were strongly affected by the offset. In addition, the distribution of turbulent kinetic energy (predicted by the k-e model) was modified. Moderate increases (10% or less) in mass averaged turbulence intensity at TDC with offset were observed. However, the TDC turbulent diffusivity was changed less than 3% due to a slight decrease in turbulent length scale with increasing offset. It is also shown that some of these findings are supported by recent LDV measurements.
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McKinley, T. and Primus, R., "The Influence of Bowl Offset on Air motion in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine," SAE Technical Paper 881611, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/881611.Also In
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