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Detection of Excessive Diesel Engine Piston Slap Using Acoustic Emission Signals

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Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2012)

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This paper presents a study whereby a series of tests was undertaken using a naturally aspirated, 4-cylinder, 2.216 L, Perkins diesel engine fitted with a piston having an undersized skirt. This experimental simulation resulted in engine running conditions that included abnormally high levels of piston slap occurring in one of the cylinders. The detectability of the resultant diesel engine piston slap was investigated using acoustic emission signals. Data corresponding to both normal and piston slap engine running conditions were captured using acoustic emission transducers along with both in-cylinder pressure and top-dead centre reference signals. Using these signals, it was possible to demonstrate that the increased piston slap running conditions were distinguishable by monitoring the piston slap events occurring near the piston mid-stroke positions. However, when monitoring the piston slap events occurring near the TDC/BDC piston stroke positions, the normal and excessive piston slap engine running conditions were not clearly distinguishable.

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This paper was developed within the CRC for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management, established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Program. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the CRC.

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia

    David P. Lowe, Weiliang Wu & Andy C. C. Tan

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    Byeongkuen Choi

  3. Queensland University of Technology, Graceville, Queensland, Australia

    Lin Ma

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Lowe, D.P., Wu, W., Tan, A.C.C. (2015). Detection of Excessive Diesel Engine Piston Slap Using Acoustic Emission Signals. In: Lee, W., Choi, B., Ma, L., Mathew, J. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2012). Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06966-1_38

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