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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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Welded design ± theory and practice

Preface ix
Introduction xii
1 The engineer 1
1.1 Responsibility of the engineer 1
1.2 Achievements of the engineer 3
1.3 The role of welding 7
1.4 Other materials 9
1.5 The welding engineer as part of the team 10
2 Metals 11
2.1 Steels 11
2.2 Aluminium alloys 20
3 Fabrication processes 22
3.1 Origins 22
3.2 Basic features of the commonly used welding processes 25
3.3 Cutting 32
3.4 Bending 32
3.5 Residual stresses and distortion 33
3.6 Post weld heat treatment 35
4 Considerations in designing a welded joint 36
4.1 Joints and welds 36
4.2 Terminology 39
4.3 Weld preparations 42
4.4 Dimensional tolerances 50
4.5 Access 52
5 Static strength 54
5.1 Butt welds 54
5.2 Fillet welds 55
6 Fatigue cracking 59
6.1 The mechanism 59
6.2 Welded joints 62
6.3 Residual stresses 67
6.4 Thickness effect 67
6.5 Environmental effects 68
6.6 Calculating the fatigue life of a welded detail 68
7 Brittle fracture 75
7.1 Conventional approaches to design against brittle fracture 75
7.2 Fracture toughness testing and specification 77
7.3 Fracture mechanics and other tests 79
8 Structural design 82
8.1 Structural forms 82
8.2 Design philosophies 90
8.3 Limit state design 95
9 Offshore structures 96
9.1 The needs of deepwater structures 96
9.2 The North Sea environment 98
9.3 The research 101
9.4 Platform design and construction 104
9.5 Service experience 105
10 Management systems 106
10.1 Basic requirements 106
10.2 Contracts and specifications 106
10.3 Formal management systems 108
10.4 Welded fabrication 109
11 Weld quality 111
11.1 Weld defects 111
11.2 Quality control 119
11.3 Welded repairs 126
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11.4 Engineering critical assessment 127
12 Standards 131
12.1 What we mean by standards 131
12.2 Standard specifications 131
References 135
Bibliography 138
Index 139

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