Engine Testing

A.J. (Tony) Martyr has been either the sole or a co-author of all editions of ‘Engine Testing’. For the last 50 years he has held senior technical positions in companies, internationally involved in the design and testing of automotive and marine powertrains. His published works include a book on Project Management, and papers on subjects covering Dynamometry and the International Transfer of Technology.

1. Introduction 2. Test facility specification, system integration, and project organisation 3. Quality and H&S legislation and management, type approval, test correlation and reporting of results 4. The Test Cell as a Thermodynamic System 5. Powertrain test facility design and construction 6. Electrical design requirements of Test Facilities 7. Ventilation and air conditioning in powertrain test facilities 8. Test cell cooling water and exhaust gas systems 9. Fuel and oil storage, supply & treatment 10. Vibration and noise 11. Dynamometers: the measurement of torque, speed and power 12. Rigging the Engine and shaft selection 13. Test cell safety, control, and data acquisition 14. Data handling, the use of modeling and post-test processing 15. Measurement of fuel, combustion air, and oil consumption 16. The Combustion process and combustion analysis 17. Engine exhaust emissions 18. Chassis or rolling road dynamometers Anechoic test cells; NVH & EMC testing 19. The pursuit and definition of accuracy 20. Tribology, Fuel and Lubrication testing 21. Appendix