Faculty of Engineering

University of Windsor
92-440-02 Applied Engineering Modeling
2016 Winter
Assignment 4
Single-Dwell Cam Curves
Assigned:
Due:

February 8
February 22 at 9:20 PM

1) Acceptable cam curves for Critical Extreme Position (CEP) cams depend on the number
of dwells. For single-dwell cams there are a number of functions that are suitable. One
of these is the double harmonic curve.
For the rise:
s=

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s
s
h
1
1cos
1cos 2
2

And for the fall:

s=

{[

s
s
h
1
1+cos
1cos 2
2

where
h = lift,
= angle in degrees,
s = start angle, and
= total angle of the rise or fall segment
(a) Find the equations for the velocity, acceleration and jerk of the above curves,
(b) Write a MATLAB function(s) that will return s, v, a or j.
(c) Plot the svaj curves for a rise of 90 o starting at 0o; a fall of 90o starting at 90o and
a dwell from 180o to 360o. Use h = 1.

2) (a) Obtain the following data for the intake and exhaust lift curves from your AVL Boost
model of Assignment 2, Question 3 and submit it with your assignment solution:
1)
2)
3)
4)

h,
s,
, and
the interval of used for s.

(b) Using the functions that you wrote for Question 1 and the data from 2(a), write a
MATLAB program to obtain the lift curves for the rise and fall and write the data to an
ASCII file; you may want to add a file extension of .dat. If you need to you may
consult the PowerPoint slide MATLABIO.ppt on the course website.
(c) Load the data from (b) into your Boost model and run it. Show the GA that you
have a working model to receive full grades.