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Optimization of the Piston cooling oil jet using

Particleworks with modeFRONTIER

David Percival – EnginSoft UK

Rod Giles – Royal Enfield

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Royal Enfield - History

Longest established motorcycle company with continuous

production - since 1901

Redditch, UK 1901 - 1970

Chennai, India 1955 - present

Part of Eicher Group since 1994

Fastest growing motorcycle brand

30,000 units in 2005

720,000 units in 2018-19

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Background

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LS410

Himalayan

Royal Enfield is working on the LS410 engine for the

Himalayan bike

Adequate cooling of the Piston is essential in Engine

design

A poorly cooled Piston will warp over time affecting

the lifetime and reliability of the bike

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Problem

No way of calculating oil distribution or cooing effect

Rely on physical testing and hardness analysis

Inaccurate results – poor reliability

Increases time to Market

Decreases profits

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“How can we be sure the

piston will not overheat

and warp?”

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Initial process

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Initial Simulation

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CAD Model Build Simulation

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Camera’s motion

linked to Piston

motion

Results - Distribution

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Results – HTC Mapping

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Drainage Flowrate

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Drainage

holes

Draining

flowrate < 5%

of total flowrate

Probes

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Drainage Flowrate

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Average flowrate = 2.4% of

total flowrate

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Initial project - Conclusions

Using Particleworks we are able:

Calculate the HTC distribution of the oil jet

Calculate the flowrate of oil draining out of the piston to the

cylinder

This allows Royal Enfield to identify issues during the

design process

Saving time and money during physical testing and prototypes

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ADDED VALUE PROJECT

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Simulation Led Design

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Particleworks - modeFrontier A Particleworks API was created by EnginSoft

UK

The node introspects the Particleworks model

and finds all parameters we can vary

Parameters are dragged into the GUI and

modeFRONTIER modifies the model and

launches pre-processing, solver and post-

processing

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Simulation time reduction Mappings averaged over an entire cycle are

identical throughout simulation

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Averaged from 0.2-0.24s

(8 cycles)

Averaged from 0.2-0.208s (1

cycle)

Averaged from 0.08-0.016s

(1 cycle)

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Simulation time reduction Mappings averaged over an entire cycle are

identical throughout simulation

Flowrate though drainage holes is uniform

throughout simulation

Hence we are able to shorten the length of

the simulation to only 2 cycles (0.016s)

Simulation time can be reduced to 15-20

minutes

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Design Modifications

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-15° ≤ x Rotation ≤ 15°

-15° ≤ z Rotation ≤ 15°

1.2mm ≤ Nozzle diameter ≤ 2mm

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Workflow

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Local

Local

Cluster

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Results

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Rot X Rot Z Dia Avg HTC Num > 0 Flowrate

-6.1° -8.1° 1.906 826.27 658581 4%

Rot X Rot Z Dia Avg HTC Num > 0 Flowrate

-9.8° -15° 1.953 827.59 637548 2.6%

Rot X Rot Z Dia Avg HTC Num > 0 Flowrate

0° 0° 1.2 812.93 644866 2.4%

+1.80%

+2.13% +1.64%

-1.13%

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Ongoing work

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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