1.2. Webinar Series: Improving Internal Combustion Engine Design

This section lists recent webinars that highlight Ansys Forte capabilities, help users build more effective Forte simulations, and review best practices.

Improving Internal Combustion Engine Design

Engineers use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to speed development and optimize diesel, spark-ignited, two-stroke, homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), and dual-fuel reciprocating engines. This multipart webinar series explains how to evaluate and optimize engine performance using Forte, plus technologies in the simulation ecosystem that support, augment, and streamline CFD applications. Ansys experts share best practices and simulation strategies.

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View this on-demand webinar for an overview of combustion capabilities for internal combustion engine design, including:

  • Solution-adaptive mesh refinement to resolve dominant physics and combustion characteristics, with automatic mesh generation in Ansys Forte.

  • Concept to design: use of 0-D and 1-D models in Ansys Chemkin that complement CFD.

  • Co-simulation with GT-SUITE.

  • Application of thermal and structural analyses of the engine block.

  • Use of the command-line interface for full scripting control and simulation component reuse.

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Ellen Meeks
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View this on-demand webinar to learn how to configure a closed-cycle diesel engine sector simulation from scratch and analyze results using Ansys EnSight.

  • Learn how to set up a closed-cycle diesel engine-sector simulation from scratch, including spray injection using Ansys Forte.

  • Analyze and visualize results using Ansys EnSight.

Set Up, Simulate and Visualize Diesel Engines

Yue Wang and Marina Galvagni
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View this on-demand webinar to learn how to set up a full-cycle gasoline direct-injection engine simulation and analyze and visualize results using Ansys EnSight.

  • Learn how to set up a full-cycle gasoline direct-injection engine (GDI), including spark ignition and flame propagation models.

  • Analyze and visualize results using Ansys EnSight.

Set Up, Simulate and Visualize Full-Cycle GDI Engines

Long Liang and Marina Galvagni
4View this on-demand webinar to learn how to use Ansys Chemkin engine models for concept-stage design, to evaluate and optimize powertrains for engine knock and to understand how the Ansys Model Fuel Library improves combustion simulations.

  • Learn how to use Ansys Chemkin engine models for concept-stage design.

  • Evaluate and optimize powertrains for engine knock.

  • Understand how the detailed and validated reaction mechanisms in the Ansys Model Fuel Library improve combustion simulations.

Evaluation of Fuel Effects and Knock

Karthik Puduppakkam
5View this on-demand webinar to learn how to define your fuel model for accurate fuel combustion and emissions predictions using the Ansys Model Fuel Library. You will also discover the chemistry optimization capabilities made available in Ansys 2019 R2.

  • Define your fuel model to provide accurate fuel combustion and emissions predictions — considering soot particle size distribution tracking, spark-ignited flame propagation and engine knock and fuel effects — using the Ansys Model Fuel Library.

  • Learn about the chemistry optimization capabilities (in Ansys 2019 R2).

Note:  This webinar is generally applicable to any combustion simulation where the preparation of accurate fuel models is a priority.

Preparing a Fuel Model for Combustion Simulation

Karthik Puduppakkam
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View this on-demand webinar to learn how to use reference frames to set up a multi-cylinder four-stroke engine simulation. The setup of a two-stroke engine with sliding interfaces between the piston and port openings will also be demonstrated.

  • Use reference frames to set up a multi-cylinder four-stroke engine simulation.

  • Set up a two-stroke engine with sliding interfaces between the piston and port openings.

Two-Stroke and Multi-Cylinder, Multi-Cycle Engine Simulations

Long Liang
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View this webinar to learn how to use Ansys SpaceClaim to define parameterized geometry while constraining the compression ratio; link parameterized geometry to Ansys Forte in Ansys Workbench workflow; and perform diesel piston-bowl shape optimization using Ansys DesignXplorer.

  • Use Ansys SpaceClaim to define parameterized geometry while constraining compression ratio.

  • Link parameterized geometry to Ansys Forte in Ansys Workbench workflow to automate geometry updates.

  • Perform diesel piston bowl-shape optimization using Ansys DesignXplorer, considering geometric parameters as well as spray injection parameters.

Diesel Bowl Optimization using Ansys Workbench

Anthony Shelburn