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Estimation of Engine Frictional Power: Understand and Analyze All Means of Power Draining
Estimation of Engine Frictional Power: Understand and Analyze All Means of Power Draining
P M V Subbarao
Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
The total friction force Ff, acting on the ring in tangential direction,
is the sum of the friction force between the asperities and the shear
force about the HDL regime:
f f S p
LN cos
Sp sin 1
60 R sin
2 2
LN cos
f f sin 1
60 R sin
2 2
where is a coefficient of friction that takes into account
the global frictional losses
Piston Assembly Friction
The cyclic integral of Friction work
2
LN cos
P f S p f sin 1
60 R sin
2 2
Wcycle, friction P d
Wcycle, friction P d
Fmep
Vstroke Vstroke
Frictional Loss Vs Geometry & Speed of Engine