| dc.contributor.advisor | Thomas A. Keim. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Otten, James S. (James Stewart) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-03-12T17:47:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-03-12T17:47:20Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2006 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36718 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 29). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The MIT electromechanical Valve Drive (EMVD) is a continuously variable valve actuation device for an automotive internal combustion engine. Current experimentation of the EMVD has been limited to intake valve events. When the exhaust valve opens into the cylinder it must do so against gas forces arising from high pressure in the engine cylinder. This gas force causes power losses in the EMVD. A gas force simulator has been designed to simulate the pressure acting against the exhaust valve in the engine cylinder. This allows the power loss as a result of the gas force to be measured for the EMVD. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by James S. Otten. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 32 leaves | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Design of a gas force simulator for the MIT Electromechanical Valve Drive project | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 77561576 | en_US |
