Engine testing : the design, building, modification and use of powertrain test facilities / A.J. Martyr, M.A. Plint.

Engine Testing is a unique, well-organized and comprehensive collection of the different aspects of engine and vehicle testing equipment and infrastructure for anyone involved in facility design and management, physical testing and the maintenance, upgrading and trouble shooting of testing equipment...

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Main Author: Martyr, Anthony
Other Authors: Plint, M. A. (Michael Alexander)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 2012.
Edition:4th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to the Fourth Edition; About the Authors; Introduction; 1 Test Facility Specification, System Integration, and Project Organization; 2 Quality and H&S Legislation and Management, Type Approval, Test Correlation, and Reporting of Results; 3 The Test Cell as a Thermodynamic System; 4 Powertrain Test Facility Design and Construction; 5 Electrical Design Requirements of Test Facilities; 6 Ventilation and Air-Conditioning in Powertrain Test Facilities; 7 Test Cell Cooling Water and Exhaust Gas Systems; 8 Fuel and Oil Storage, Supply and Treatment; 9 Vibration and Noise
  • 10 Dynamometers: The Measurement of Torque, Speed and Power11 Rigging the Engine and Shaft Selection; 12 Test Cell Safety, Control and Data Acquisition; 13 Data Handling, the Use of Modeling, and Post-Test Processing; 14 Measurement of Fuel, Combustion Air and Oil Consumption; 15 The Combustion Process and Combustion Analysis; 16 Engine Exhaust Emissions; 17 Chassis or Rolling-Road Dynamometers; 18 Anechoic Test Cells: NVH and EMC Testing; 19 The Pursuit and Definition of Accuracy; 20 Tribology, Fuel, and Lubrication Testing; 21 Thermal Efficiency, Measurement of Heat, and Mechanical Losses