Simulation of timing chain drives using ketsim

Thomas Engelhardt, Andreas Hoesl, Wolfram Lebrecht, Heinz Ulbrich, Friedrich Pfeiffer

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Abstract

In modern combustion engines timing chains are used to actuate camshafts, balance shafts, diesel injection pumps, oil pumps and auxiliaries. Optimizing the engine design with respect to operation reliability, efficiency, noise and acoustics requires a profound knowledge of the vibrational behavior of all chain drive components. The amount of expensive experiments can be significantly reduced by analyzing and studying such systems using computer simulation. At the Institute of Applied Mechanics at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, a multi body simulation program has been developed to compute the dynamical behavior of complex timing chain drives. It is used by several members of the German FVV (Forschungsvereinigung fuer Verbrennungskraftmaschinen), e.g. Porsche, Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler and others. This paper describes how the components and the effects of timing chain drives are modelled within the simulation tool. The underlying models are to be explained but also a comparison between simulation and experiment will be presented for a DaimlerChrysler 8-cylinder diesel engine (OM628) which drives the Mercedes-Benz S-Class (S 400 CDI).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2004 Fall Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages547-553
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)0791837467, 9780791837467
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
EventFall Technical Conference of the ASME International Combustion Engine Division - Long Beach, CA, United States
Duration: 24 Oct 200427 Oct 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2004 Fall Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division

Conference

ConferenceFall Technical Conference of the ASME International Combustion Engine Division
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLong Beach, CA
Period24/10/0427/10/04

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