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Selection of Design Scheme for an Ultrahigh-Pressure Hydrostatic Extrusion Cylinder

  • Jian Yang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Dong Zhang,
  • Yuanxin Luo and
  • Yongqin Wang

25 September 2023

In this study, the mechanical models of a multilayer combined extrusion cylinder and a steel-wire-winding extrusion cylinder were established and compared using a finite element simulation and existing experimental cases. This work provides theoretic...

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  • Open Access
503 Views
23 Pages

Research on In-Cylinder Pressure Monitoring Method of Diesel Engine Based on LSTM

  • Yi Zhang,
  • Liangyu Li,
  • Yanzhe Liu,
  • Shiliang Yao and
  • Run Zou

11 November 2025

The variation in in-cylinder pressure of diesel engine directly determines its working performance; therefore, the real-time monitoring technology for in-cylinder pressure of diesel engine is of great significance for monitoring the operation status...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,062 Views
20 Pages

13 August 2024

The engine in-cylinder pressure is a very important parameter for the optimization of internal combustion engines. This paper proposes an alternative recursive Kalman filter-based engine cylinder pressure reconstruction approach using sensor-fused en...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,415 Views
17 Pages

Data Driven In-Cylinder Pressure Diagram Based Optimization Procedure

  • Mina Tadros,
  • Manuel Ventura and
  • C. Guedes Soares

An engine optimization model is developed to fit the calculated in-cylinder pressure diagram to the experimental data by finding the optimal values of the start angle of injection and the amount of injected fuel for different engine loads. Firstly, t...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,570 Views
17 Pages

Tdnn-Based Engine In-Cylinder Pressure Estimation from Shaft Velocity Spectral Representation

  • Andrés F. Valencia-Duque,
  • David A. Cárdenas-Peña,
  • Andrés M. Álvarez-Meza,
  • Álvaro A. Orozco-Gutiérrez and
  • Héctor F. Quintero-Riaza

20 March 2021

Pressure is one of the essential variables to give information about engine condition and monitoring. Direct recording of this signal is complex and invasive, while angular velocity can be measured. Nonetheless, the challenge is to predict the cylind...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,187 Views
19 Pages

26 September 2023

In-cylinder pressure is a key parameter for assessing marine engines health; therefore, its measurement or prediction is paramount for these engines’ diagnosis. Thermodynamic models are typically employed for predicting the in-cylinder pressure...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,237 Views
14 Pages

In-Cylinder Pressure Estimation from Rotational Speed Measurements via Extended Kalman Filter

  • Renato Quartullo,
  • Andrea Garulli,
  • Antonio Giannitrapani,
  • Ryota Minamino and
  • Giovanni Vichi

27 April 2023

Real-time estimation of the in-cylinder pressure of combustion engines is crucial to detect failures and improve the performance of the engine control system. A new estimation scheme is proposed based on the Extended Kalman Filter, which exploits mea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
321 Views
19 Pages

Corrosion Failure Analysis of a Pressure-Resistant Cylinder for Measurement While Drilling Tools in Directional Drilling

  • Yufei Wang,
  • Xin Chen,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Wenxue Pu,
  • Jiaxin Zeng,
  • Jiancheng Luo,
  • Hanwen Zhang and
  • Dezhi Zeng

22 December 2025

During the drilling operations of a shale gas well in Central China, a severe failure occurred in the pressure-resistant cylinder of the measurement while drilling (MWD) tool, with numerous microcracks observed on the outer surface of the cylinder. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,887 Views
20 Pages

Experimental Assessment of a Methodology for the Indirect in-Cylinder Pressure Evaluation in Four-Stroke Internal Combustion Engines

  • Luca Romani,
  • Alessandro Bianchini,
  • Giovanni Vichi,
  • Alessandro Bellissima and
  • Giovanni Ferrara

30 July 2018

Recent innovations in engine control and diagnostics are providing room for development of innovative combustion approaches (e.g., low-temperature combustion) able to minimize the creation of pollutants. To ensure the constant fulfillment of the pres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,212 Views
17 Pages

14 June 2022

This article discusses an analysis of in-cylinder pressure change during combustion of LPG-DME fuel in IC engines. The aim of the study is to present a method for assessing the possibility of using DME as a combustion activator, and to establish its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,854 Views
21 Pages

Development and Application of Ion Current/Cylinder Pressure Cooperative Combustion Diagnosis and Control System

  • Denghao Zhu,
  • Jun Deng,
  • Jinqiu Wang,
  • Shuo Wang,
  • Hongyu Zhang,
  • Jakob Andert and
  • Liguang Li

29 October 2020

The application of advanced technologies for engine efficiency improvement and emissions reduction also increase the occurrence possibility of abnormal combustions such as incomplete combustion, misfire, knock or pre-ignition. Novel promising combust...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,314 Views
16 Pages

3 January 2020

The piston-cylinder pair is the key friction pairs in the piston pump. Its performance determines the volume efficiency of piston pump. With the increase of load pressure, the leakage at the clearance of piston-cylinder pair will also increase. In or...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,156 Views
21 Pages

21 January 2023

Sustainability issues are becoming increasingly prominent in applications requiring the use of heavy-duty engines. Therefore, it is important to cut the emissions and costs of such engines to reduce the carbon footprint and keep the operating expense...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,709 Views
15 Pages

10 June 2022

This paper studies hydraulic cylinder position adjustment controlled by an on–off valve. The aim of this paper is to develop a method of position control for a hydraulic cylinder based on input and output pressure under the mutual coupling feed...

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  • Open Access
880 Views
23 Pages

10 November 2025

The present paper proposes a novel approach for the estimation of the in-cylinder pressure and heat release in diesel engines from basic testbed measurements (i.e., brake mean effective pressure (BMEP), gross indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP36...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,866 Views
19 Pages

15 July 2019

As a crucial and critical factor in monitoring the internal state of an engine, cylinder pressure is mainly used to monitor the burning efficiency, to detect engine faults, and to compute engine dynamics. Although the intrusive type cylinder pressure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,216 Views
17 Pages

8 February 2022

In-cylinder pressure is one of the most important references in the process of diesel engine performance optimization. In order to acquire effective in-cylinder pressure value, many physical tests are required. The cost of physical testing is high; v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,989 Views
16 Pages

3 June 2021

In this paper, an accurate distribution of stress as well as corresponding factors of stress concentration determination around a spherical cavity, which is considered as embedded in a cylinder exposed to the internal pressure only, is presented. Thi...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,353 Views
14 Pages

Pressure-Drop Coefficients for Cushioning System of Hydraulic Cylinder With Grooved Piston: A Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation

  • Robert Castilla,
  • Ignasi Alemany,
  • Antonio Algar,
  • Pedro Javier Gamez-Montero,
  • Pedro Roquet and
  • Esteban Codina

25 October 2017

Cushioning is an important aspect in hydraulic cylinder performance. The piston has to be decelerated before it strikes the end cap in order to avoid stresses in the cylinder components and reduce vibration that can be transmitted to the machine. One...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,188 Views
14 Pages

7 June 2023

In the present study, to predict the transverse velocity field in the near-wake of laminar flow over a circular cylinder at the Reynolds numbers of 60 and 300, we construct neural networks with instantaneous wall pressures on the cylinder surface as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,743 Views
18 Pages

26 October 2022

In practical applications, the safe operation of large-diameter prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs) depends on the loading performance under internal water pressure. However, there is lack of damage tests for the full-scale large-diameter PCC...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,104 Views
10 Pages

30 March 2022

Minimizing fuel consumption of passenger car vehicles can be achieved thanks to hybridization of the powertrain associated with innovative engine technologies. To feed the new high compression ratio combustion systems, air system cutting-edge technol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,378 Views
12 Pages

3 July 2019

Present-day direct injection (DI) diesel engines with a high power density of displacement are not just promoting an expansion in the utilization of high-temperature resistant alloys in pistons yet, in addition, the expanded cylinder air pressures. W...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,927 Views
33 Pages

In this article, to meet the requirements of marine engine room simulator on both the simulation speed and simulation accuracy, a mean value engine model (MVEM) for the 7S80ME-C9.2 marine two-stroke diesel engine was developed and validated in the MA...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,074 Views
16 Pages

16 December 2024

This study focuses on a hydraulic cylinder that is directly connected to a fixed-displacement hydraulic pump driven by an electric servo motor. This particular setup is referred to as a one-motor-one-pump motor-controlled hydraulic cylinder (MCC). Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,997 Views
23 Pages

7 September 2023

While the original equipment manufacturers are developing engines that can withstand higher PCP, the methodology to maximize the thermal efficiency gain with different PCP limits is still not well-known or documented in the literature. This study aim...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,518 Views
24 Pages

The valve-controlled hydraulic cylinder system (VCHCS) is commonly used for actuators such as manipulators in deep-sea equipment, whose working performance is crucial to subsea tasks. Affected by the ambient pressure introduced by the pressure compen...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,921 Views
19 Pages

24 June 2021

Hydraulic rubber hoses are subject to great hydraulic impact during the actual working process, which causes a great potential safety hazard. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out pressure tests on hose assemblies to ensure its quality, so providin...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,729 Views
12 Pages

Uncontrolled and Controlled Destruction of Acetylene Pressure Cylinders

  • Vojtěch Jankůj,
  • Miroslav Mynarz and
  • Petr Lepík

31 March 2022

The risk of physical destruction of a pressure cylinder increases with increasing temperature load. Acetylene is a significant hazardous gas in cylinders. If the destruction pressure is reached, the cylinder is torn into two or more pieces, followed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,920 Views
17 Pages

Buckling Knockdown Factors of Composite Cylinders under Both Compression and Internal Pressure

  • Do-Young Kim,
  • Chang-Hoon Sim,
  • Jae-Sang Park,
  • Joon-Tae Yoo,
  • Young-Ha Yoon and
  • Keejoo Lee

15 November 2021

The internal pressure of a thin-walled cylindrical structure under axial compression may improve the buckling stability by relieving loads and reducing initial imperfections. In this study, the effect of internal pressure on the buckling knockdown fa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,075 Views
15 Pages

Mechanical Behavior of Hollow Corrugated Sandwich Cylinders Under Inner Pressure Loading

  • Li Zhang,
  • Junan Wu,
  • Changfa Chen,
  • Hao Cui,
  • Yongliang Yang,
  • Rui Guo and
  • Hao Zhou

22 December 2024

Taking pressure-bearing equipment as a prototype, the mechanical behavior of hollow corrugated sandwich cylinders under inner pressure loading was investigated. Considering the hollow cylindrical shell with finite length, the elastic closed-form solu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,889 Views
18 Pages

26 May 2021

Engine knock determination has been conducted in various ways for spark timing calibration. In the present study, a knock classification model was developed using a machine learning algorithm. Wavelet packet decomposition (WPD) and ensemble empirical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,881 Views
22 Pages

New Ways to Measure Mechanical Losses by Motoring an ICE with Increased Cylinder Pressure

  • Radek Procházka,
  • Aleš Dittrich,
  • Robert Voženílek and
  • Stanislav Beroun

18 February 2022

The article shows the results of measuring the mechanical losses of a piston engine in two new ways and explains the necessary engine modification for these measurements. At the same time, it compares the results of measuring mechanical losses in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,996 Views
19 Pages

22 May 2024

This paper is concerned with a hydraulic cylinder directly controlled by a variable speed motor-driven fixed-displacement pump. The considered configuration is referred to as a one-motor-one-pump (1M1P) motor-controlled hydraulic cylinder (MCC). A 1M...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,054 Views
16 Pages

Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Rapid Filling of High-Pressure Hydrogen Storage Cylinder

  • Longchang Xue,
  • Jiajia Deng,
  • Xueren Wang,
  • Zaizhou Wang and
  • Bin Liu

18 July 2022

The fast charging process of high-pressure gas storage cylinders is accompanied by high temperature rise, which potentially induces the failure of solid materials inside the cylinders and the underfilling of the cylinders. A two-dimensional (2D) axis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,409 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Machine Learning Algorithms on Prediction of In-Cylinder Combustion Pressure of Ammonia–Oxygen in a Constant-Volume Combustion Chamber

  • Lijia Fang,
  • Hardeep Singh,
  • Takuma Ohashi,
  • Masato Sanno,
  • Guansen Lin,
  • Emir Yilmaz,
  • Mitsuhisa Ichiyanagi and
  • Takashi Suzuki

5 February 2024

Road vehicles, particularly cars, are one of the primary sources of CO2 emissions in the transport sector. Shifting to unconventional energy sources such as solar and wind power may reduce their carbon footprints considerably. Consequently, using amm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
745 Views
16 Pages

Reconstructing In-Cylinder Pressure from Head Vibrations with Signal-to-Signal Deep Learning Architectures

  • Mateusz Tabaszewski,
  • Grzegorz M. Szymański,
  • Maciej Tabaszewski and
  • Mikołaj Klekowicki

23 June 2025

Considering that piston internal combustion engines will remain essential converters of chemical energy into mechanical energy for an extended period, providing optimal diagnostic tools for their operation is imperative. Mechanical vibrations generat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,255 Views
19 Pages

15 April 2024

Cylinder-pressure-based control is a key enabler for advanced pre-mixed combustion concepts. In addition to guaranteeing robust and safe operation, it allows for cylinder pressure and heat release shaping. This requires fast control-oriented combusti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,694 Views
19 Pages

21 December 2021

This paper studies the precise position control of the hydraulic cylinder in the hydraulic support. The aim of this paper is to develop a method of hydraulic cylinder position control based on pressure and flow coupling, which takes the coupling feed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,101 Views
11 Pages

19 July 2020

Since pneumatic systems are widely used in various branches of industry, the need to find ways to reduce energy consumption in these systems has become very pressing. The reduction in energy consumption in these systems is reflected in the reduction...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,093 Views
16 Pages

Knock-Prediction System for Kerosene Engines Using In-Cylinder Pressure Signal

  • Zhixin Xu,
  • Guangzhou Cao,
  • Minxiang Wei,
  • Zhuowen Zhao,
  • Zhiyu Xing and
  • Yuzhang Ding

16 March 2023

Piston engines fueled by kerosene have a strong application prospect in special vehicles and small aircrafts, but the low amount of octane in kerosene fuel causes its knock combustion phenomenon to be particularly serious. A knock will deteriorate th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,188 Views
16 Pages

LSTM for Modeling of Cylinder Pressure in HCCI Engines at Different Intake Temperatures via Time-Series Prediction

  • Moritz Sontheimer,
  • Anshul-Kumar Singh,
  • Prateek Verma,
  • Shuo-Yan Chou and
  • Yu-Lin Kuo

25 September 2023

Modeling engines using physics-based approaches is a traditional and widely-accepted method for predicting in-cylinder pressure and the start of combustion (SOC). However, developing such intricate models typically demands significant effort, time, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,957 Views
19 Pages

23 January 2020

A preliminary study on a double-acting hydraulic cylinder subject to high-pressure loading conditions (pressure = 350 bar) and with a bore diameter of 300 mm is presented. The substitution of the reference steel cylinder tube with a multi-material tu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,618 Views
19 Pages

Effects of Ethanol–Diesel Blends on Cylinder Pressure, Ignition Delay, and NOx Emissions in a Diesel Engine

  • Krzysztof Górski,
  • Dimitrios Tziourtzioumis,
  • Ruslans Smigins and
  • Rafał Longwic

7 May 2025

This study examined how adding ethanol to diesel fuel affects combustion characteristics, cylinder pressure and NOx emissions in an AVL engine. The research focused on key engine parameters, including autoignition delay, in-cylinder pressure rise rat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
840 Views
18 Pages

2 October 2025

In-cylinder pressure provides critical insights for analyzing and optimizing combustion in internal combustion engines, yet its acquisition across the full operating space requires extensive testing, while physics-based models are computationally dem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,856 Views
13 Pages

23 January 2017

In order to improve the performance of the hydraulic support electro-hydraulic control system test platform, a self-tuning proportion integration differentiation (PID) controller is proposed to imitate the actual pressure of the hydraulic support. To...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
11,052 Views
22 Pages

30 September 2016

This paper presents the results for liquid water injection (WI) into a cylinder during the compression and expansion strokes of an internal combustion engine (ICE), with the aim of achieving an optimal in-cylinder pressure and improving power output...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,324 Views
11 Pages

2 November 2022

The spinning process will lead to changes in the micro-structure and mechanical properties of the materials in different positions of the high-pressure hydrogen storage cylinder, which will show different hydrogen embrittlement resistance in the high...

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  • Open Access
449 Views
20 Pages

Adaptive Prediction of Compressor Cylinder Pressure Dynamics Using a Physics-Guided VAE-CNN State Space Model

  • Yingkang Lu,
  • Buyun Sheng,
  • Yanfei Li,
  • Gaocai Fu,
  • Shan Jiang and
  • Zeyang Jiang

5 November 2025

Air compressor valves are prone to mechanical wear and elastic fatigue during long-term operation, often leading to poor sealing or leakage. Such leakage is a typical failure mode of reciprocating compressors, introducing strong nonlinearities into c...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,365 Views
20 Pages

Wind-Induced Interference Effect of Chamfered Square Cylinders in Tandem and Side-by-Side Arrangements

  • Jie Zhang,
  • Fanghui Li,
  • Zhibo Zhang,
  • Te Zhang,
  • Cheng Wang,
  • Benjun Xiang and
  • Yuji Zhang

3 December 2022

A large-eddy simulation analysis technique is introduced in this paper to determine the interference effect of chamfered square cylinders, which is crucial to predict the impact of wind pressure and load on chamfered high-rise buildings. Based on the...

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