Function MEAN-EFFECTIVE-PRESSURE

• Defined in theory: Thermal-system
• Source code: thermal-system.ol

Slots on this function:

Documentation:

the theoretical constant pressure that, if it acted on the piston during the power stroke, would produce the same net work as actually developed in one cycle

Instance-Of: Function, Quantity-function

Arity: 2

Range: Everywhere-continuous-quantity

Other Related Axioms:

(Inherited-Facet-Value 
    Slot-Documentation
    Positive-Displacement-Component
    Mean-Effective-Pressure
    The Theoretical Constant Pressure That, If It Acted On The Piston During The Power Stroke, Would Produce The Same Net Work As Actually Developed In One Cycle)

(Quantity.Dimension (Mean-Effective-Pressure ?Self)
                    Pressure-Dimension)

(Inherited-Facet-Value Slot-Cardinality
                       Positive-Displacement-Component
                       Mean-Effective-Pressure
                       1)

(Has-Quantity-Function Positive-Displacement-Component
                       Mean-Effective-Pressure)

(Slot-Documentation 
    Positive-Displacement-Component
    Mean-Effective-Pressure
    The Theoretical Constant Pressure That, If It Acted On The Piston During The Power Stroke, Would Produce The Same Net Work As Actually Developed In One Cycle)

(=> (Positive-Displacement-Component ?Self)
    (And (Value-Cardinality ?Self Displacement 1)
         (Quantity.Dimension (Displacement ?Self) Volume-Dimension)
         (Value-Cardinality ?Self Speed 1)
         (Quantity.Dimension (Speed ?Self) Frequency-Dimension)
         (Value-Cardinality ?Self Cycles-Rate 1)
         (Quantity.Dimension (Cycles-Rate ?Self) Frequency-Dimension)
         (Value-Cardinality ?Self Mean-Effective-Pressure 1)
         (Quantity.Dimension (Mean-Effective-Pressure ?Self)
                             Pressure-Dimension)
         (Value-Cardinality ?Self Volumetric-Efficiency 1)
         (Quantity.Dimension (Volumetric-Efficiency ?Self)
                             Dimensionless)
         (Value-Cardinality ?Self Clearance-Volume 1)
         (Quantity.Dimension (Clearance-Volume ?Self) Dimensionless)
         (Value-Cardinality ?Self Compression-Ratio 1)
         (Quantity.Dimension (Compression-Ratio ?Self) Dimensionless)))

(=> (Mean-Effective-Pressure $X $Y)
    (Everywhere-Continuous-Quantity $Y))