Use of the graphical analytic methods of studying the combustion processes in the internal combustion engine combustion chamber on the basis of similarity criterion

The task of improving the economic and ecological parameters of the internal combustion engines remains topical within the frameworks of the modern engine-building technology. Since a combustion engine is a complex system combining such units as an intake manifold, combustion chamber, exhaust manifold, one of directions of the engine development is adjustment of the joint operation of its units. The specified adjustment should better be performed with the use of the so-called integral characteristics. The author means under an integral characteristic the rating plate of a unit (engine) containing information about all the possible modes and conditions of its use, specifies the optimal operating range and indicates all the basic values of efficiency – reliability – environmental friendliness at each point of its field. As a rule, integral characteristics are multi-parametric. It is common practice to coordinate the field of such characteristic by similarity criteria determining the unit or engine behavior in whole.