Virtual 4-Stroke
along with
4stHEAD
and
Fluent
were used in the creation of the entire data for a one litre racing engine for this design discussion and
show such output data in the form of pressure, particle velocity or mass flow rate at significant
crankangle locations within the engine and its ducting throughout the engine cycle.
Such
data are single instantaneous snapshots taken from the entire data computed
over the 720° crankangle of the complete engine cycle. It is possible to
show such data as a movie, but obviously not within a magazine article.
Some of the movies that the authors used in obtaining their snapshots
for the Figures for the design discussion in the magazine are uploaded
on to this website.
They
are either animations of the Virtual
4-Stroke output or of the CFD
output from the Fluent software. They are clearly marked and titled
in the list below. The full relevance of what you are looking at will
only be apparent if you have read the article in issue 2 of the Race
Engine Technology magazine.

Pressure - Unrestricted Pipe - 9000rpm (416 kb)
Pressure - Unrestricted Pipe - 12000rpm (339 kb)
Pressure - Unrestricted Pipe - 15000rpm (276 kb)
Mach Number - Unrestricted Pipe - 9000rpm (212 kb)
Mach Number - Unrestricted Pipe - 12000rpm (196 kb)
Mach Number - Unrestricted Pipe - 15000rpm (168 kb)
Pressure - Restricted Pipe - 9000rpm (419 kb)
Pressure - Restricted Pipe - 12000rpm (390 kb)
Pressure - Restricted Pipe - 15000rpm (276 kb)
Mach Number - Restricted Pipe - 9000rpm (237 kb)
Mach Number - Restricted Pipe - 12000rpm (225 kb)
Mach Number - Restricted Pipe - 15000rpm (173 kb)

Mach Number - Straight Pipe - 9000rpm (114 kb)
Mach Number - 90deg Bend - 9000rpm (193 kb)
Mach Number - 90deg Bend - 12000rpm (124 kb)
Pressure- Straight Pipe - 9000rpm (83 kb)
Pressure - 90deg Bend - 9000rpm (116 kb)
Pressure - 90deg Bend - 12000rpm (79 kb)