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[:en]In reciprocating engines, the reciprocating motion of pistons is transformed into a rotating motion of the crankshaft, which is responsible for the drive of a whole engine system. Instantaneous torque excitation due to gas forces after firing on the shaft system have to be investigated to ensure proper functioning. A typical torque function over the crankshaft angle can be seen in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Example of tangential forces acting on the crankpin (Mendes, A., S.; Zampieri, D.E.; Siqueira Meirelles, P.: Analysis of torsional vibration in internal combustion engines: Modelling and experimental validation) and implementation in AxSTREAM RotorDynamics™ (orange curve)
Such a 720°-periodic function can be created in AxSTREAM RotorDynamics™, which provides a transient approach to determine the response torque in the shaft after a respective torque excitation. In this example, a rotor speed of 3000 rpm is considered. With this information, the total time for two crankshaft-revolutions (720°) reads: Read More
[:en]Reciprocating machines fall into many categories. Despite different applications and designs, e.g. pumps or internal combustion engines with a varying number of pistons, a simple approach to determine torsional modes of regardless which crankshaft assembly can be investigated. The resulting natural frequencies are required by ISO 3046 for rotor dynamic analysis.
Figure 1 Internal Combustion Engine with piston and flywheel geometry, (https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-starter-flywheel)
Below, a common way to express a crankshaft assembly with massless shaft and mass-inertia elements is presented, whereas the reciprocating and revolving mass around the crack can be expressed as follows: Read More
