Services

EngSim is committed to offering professional, trusted and timely engineering services in the area of engine and vehicle simulation and analysis. The tool utilized for these studies is GT Power from Gamma Technologies, Inc.

EngSim provides expertise in the following areas:

EngSim’s 1-D analysis expertise includes:

Engine Performance

  • Intake & exhaust performance tuning
  • Valve timing and optimization
  • Intake & exhaust acoust
  • Engine/exhaust system warm-up
  • Turbocharger analysis/matching
  • Control simulation
  • Diesel aftertreatment
  • Advanced concepts
    - 1-D/3-D CFD coupling
    - DOE studies & constrained optimizations
    - GT coupling (Power-Cool, Power-Drive)
    - Mean value modeling & neural networks
    - KIVA-3V/ERC linkage for predictive combustion and emissions

Valve Train Analysis

  • Cam profile design with VT-Design
  • Valve train quasi-statics for nominal forces and separation speeds
  • Kinematics and MBD
  • Engine performance cam optimization

Vehicle & Crank/Drivetrain Dynamics

  • Vehicle acceleration/drive cycles
  • Various levels of engine coupling

Fuel System Dynamics

  • Damping of pressure pulsation
  • Rail designs—return & dead end
  • Cavitation/aeration impacts

Cooling System Performance

  • System response under transients
    - warm ups, thermostats, bypasses
    - drive cycles/road load studies
  • Radiator, heat exchanger, and pump sizing
  • Flow network optimization

Lube/Oil Systems

  • Steady state flow rates and pressure drops
  • System priming & oil aeration
  • Oil grade/ambient temperature effects

EngSim provides expertise in engine & vehicle CFD analyses including:

Engine CFD

  • Optimization of water jacket design and gasket orificing
  • Engine thermal mapping (CHT-conjugate heat transfer analysis)
  • Induction/Exhaust component and system level flow performance optimization
  • EGR mixing
  • In-cylinder flow, combustion, sprays
  • Scavenging flow with moving valves

Vehicle CFD

  • Vehicle aerodynamics for drag/lift forces, pitch/roll/yaw moments
  • Underhood thermal management
  • Rider aero-thermal protection