Numerical Simulation Method Applied to the Multi-Expansion Exhaust System of a Two-Stroke Engine

A numerical method is presented to simulate the pressure wave in the multi-expansion exhaust system of a two-stroke engine. In the simulated processes, the inlet pipe, scavenge pipe and exhaust pipe of the two-stroke engine are simplifed by the pipe model, while the engine cylinder, crankcase and the expansion chamber are treated as the vessel model. The cubic-interpolated pseudo-particle (CIP) method combined with the method of characteristics (MOC) is used to solve the hyperbolic equations. The results from simulation compare reasonably well with the experimental data.