Positive Displacement Machines

<p>Part 1 Geometric innovation in positive displacement machines<br>1. The orbital displacer: Implications and applications<br>2. Cardiac action pumps and motors<br>3. Geometric design of the limac¸on machine<br>4. The geometrical problem in the positive displacement scroll machines<br>5. Screw compressors and expanders</p> <p>Part 2 Mechanismanalysis for positive displacement machines<br>6. Improving torque performance in reciprocating compressors via asymmetric stroke characteristics<br>7. Variable compression ratio at internal combustion engine<br>8. Dynamic modelling and design of bent axis pumps<br>9. Numerical analyses of THD lubrication and dynamics of rolling piston and bearings in a rotary compressor<br>10. Dynamic characteristics of rolling piston machines</p> <p>Part 3 Tools for analysis: Mathematical modelling and CFD<br>11. Mathematical modelling for positive displacement expanders<br>12. Mesh handling for the CFD simulation of external gear pumps<br>13. Combining lumped parameter modelling and CFD analysis for the pressure ripple estimation of tandem gear pumps<br>14. Analytical, numerical and experimental approaches to improving the performance indices of an orbital hydraulic motor<br>15. Modelling of twin-screw machines by use of CFD</p>