Let’s work through an 

example. For a 4-stroke internal combustion engine, with the following

parameters:
S = 97 mm (piston stroke)
B= 85 mm (cylinder bore)
nr = 2 (number of crankshaft rotations for a complete engine cycle)
nc  = 4 (number of cylinders)
Ti = 250 Nm (indicated torque)
Te  = 230 Nm (effective torque)
calculate the indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP), brake mean effective pressure (BMEP),
friction mean effective pressure (FMEP), friction torque (T f) and mechanical efficiency (ηm).
Step 1. Calculate the surface of the piston
Sp=πB24=0.0056745 m2
Step 2. Calculate the volume (displacement) of a cylinder
Vd=SpS=0.0005504 m3
Step 3. Calculate the indicated mean effective pressure
IMEP=2πnrTincVd=1426889.7 Pa=14.27 bar
Step 4. Calculate the brake mean effective pressure
BMEP=2πnrTencVd=1312738.6 Pa=13.13 bar
Step 5. Calculate the friction mean effective pressure
FMEP=IMEP–BMEP=114151.18 Pa=1.14 bar
Step 6. Calculate the friction torque
Tf=ncVdFMEP2πnr=20 Nm
this could also be easily calculated by subtracting the effective torque from the indicated torque:

Tf=Ti–Te=20 Nm
Step 7. Calculate the mechanical efficiency
ηm=1–FMEPIMEP=0.92=92 %
Some facts about brake mean effective torque (BMEP):
 for any internal combustion engine, the maximum BMEP is obtained at full load (for a
particular engine speed)
 throttling the engine decreases the BMEP due to higher pumping losses
 for a fixed engine displacement, if we increase the BMEP, we produce more effective
torque at the crankshaft
 for the same value of the BMEP, a 2-stroke internal combustion engine has nearly
double torque, compared to a 4-stroke engine
 the higher the BMEP, the higher the mechanical and thermal stress on the engine
components