Abstract
Currently, systems which include diesel engines are designed and modified to avoid torsional vibration trouble on the basis of experience, and usually in the case of simpler systems a feasible one is found after few attempts. However, even these few attempts can be time consuming if the analysis is performed on a digital computer on a job shop basis.
The purpose of the work described here, using a computer program to start from basic design data for the engines, alternators, and the like, is to achieve automatically a practically feasible and safe solution for the system, allowing for production restraints such as standard ranges of size of the various components. Economic considerations are also included.
The systems examined are unbranched; simple examples being given.
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