This study was experimentally analyzed to search the swirl characteristics of helical intake port for the performance improvement in direct injection diesel engine. The intake port flow is important factor which has influence on the engine performance because the properties in the injected fuel depend on the combustion characteristics. In order to analyze the characteristics of swirl in the helical intake port of cylinder head, flow coefficient and swirl ratio were measured by an impulse swirl torque meter at position of 1.75 cylinder diameter for different valve lifts at the steady flow condition with intake port of the in-line and V type engine. Each intake ports were established swirl ratio 1.70, 2.13, 2.25, 2.38 and 2.43 by hand working. The results of steady flow test showed that flow coefficient and swirl intensity increased as valve lift increased, while the increase of swirl ratio according to the change of intake port geometry decreased mean flow coefficient and increased Gulf factor.

In this paper, the relationship between static pressure recovery and turbulent energy was presented in case of swirling flows into a conical diffuser. The distributions of turbulent energy in a diffuser sectional area were measured by a hot wire anemometer. The following conclusion can be drawn from the experiment. Diffuser loss is constituted by a dynamic pressure loss and total pressure loss. The static pressure recovery depends strongly on the total pressure loss. The static pressure recovery depends strongly on the total pressure loss, and the turbulent energy varies inversely as the static pressure recovery coefficient.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between static pressure recovery and velocity distributions in case of swirling flow into a conical diffuser. In this research, velocity distribution is measured by a multi-hole yaw-meter. The following conclusions can be drawn from the experiments. (1) The static pressure recovery depends strongly on the strength of a swirl. (2) A high pressure recovery coefficient is achieved by inserting a solid core into the diffuser center.