Performance Measurement, Simulation, and Analysis of the Cox Tee Dee 0.010, the World's Smallest Production Internal Combustion Engine

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dc.contributor.advisorCadou, Christopheren_US
dc.contributor.authorSookdeo, Troyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-01T20:23:47Z
dc.date.available2007-02-01T20:23:47Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-15en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Cox Tee Dee 0.010 is a two-stroke 0.010 cubic inch model engine designed to power small propeller-based hobby aircraft. First manufactured in 1961, it remains the smallest working piston engine ever mass-produced, but no scientific measurements of its performance are available in the open literature. These measurements are important because they could facilitate the development of small unmanned air vehicles. This thesis reports measurements of power output and efficiency using a specialized dynamometer. An unsuccessful attempt is made to correlate the measurements with simulations based on Stanford University's Engine Simulation Program (ESP). Instead, the results are compared to the predictions of a simple zero-dimensional thermodynamic MATLAB simulation of an engine cycle developed at the University of Maryland. Differences and correlations are discussed and the engine performance is analyzed in the context of propulsion systems for small UAVs and for compact power generation.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/4216
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Aerospaceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTee Deeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTwo-Strokeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEngineen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPerformanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMeasurementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSimulationen_US
dc.titlePerformance Measurement, Simulation, and Analysis of the Cox Tee Dee 0.010, the World's Smallest Production Internal Combustion Engineen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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