Engine Testing Theory and Practice

 Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Units and conversion factors xv
1 Test facility specification, system integration and project organization 1
2 The test cell as a thermodynamic system 14
3 Vibration and noise 21
4 Test cell and control room design: an overall view 47
5 Ventilation and air conditioning 72
6 Test cell cooling water and exhaust gas systems 108
7 Fuel and oil storage, supply and treatment 129
8 Dynamometers and the measurement of torque 144
9 Coupling the engine to the dynamometer 170
10 Electrical design considerations 197
11 Test cell control and data acquisition 216
12 Measurement of fuel, combustion air and oil consumption 242
13 Thermal efficiency, measurement of heat and mechanical losses 263
14 The combustion process and combustion analysis 282
15 The test department organization, health and safety management, risk
assessment correlation of results and design of experiments 308
16 Exhaust emissions 324
17 Tribology, fuel and lubrication testing 354
18 Chassis or rolling road dynamometers 368
19 Data collection, handling, post-test processing, engine calibration
and mapping 395
20 The pursuit and definition of accuracy: statistical analysis of test results 408
Index 423


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