Virtual laboratory of internal combustion engines

Britan Alexander Alexandrovich, Makukha Lyubov Vitalievna, Sidorov Anatoly Yurievich, Pisarev Ilya Sergeevich

The main purpose of the work is the development of virtual laboratory work, as well as the use of existing standards for electronic courses in order to integrate laboratory work into the learning process. Laboratory work is usually understood as an educational lesson in which an experiment is carried out that determines the receipt of a result aimed at mastering the fundamentals of engine theory by students. In the process of preparing and performing laboratory work, students in practice study the course of certain processes in internal combustion engines, investigate the phenomena occurring during the operation of the engine, based on the methods obtained during theoretical training, interpret the results determined during experiments with the theoretical postulates of the theory of engines. To implement these learning tasks when using real laboratory equipment, it is necessary to take into account the costs of purchasing both the most expensive equipment and the costs of operating this equipment and the necessary accompanying tools. Also, educational support personnel must have specialized knowledge, both in the field of engine theory, and carefully study and monitor the implementation of safety requirements when students work with real laboratory equipment. Virtual labs developed using the approaches described in this article can be used in any electronic educational resources that support these standards. The purpose of this work is to develop three separate laboratory works using a similar set of equipment and tools, on the following topics: studying the speed characteristics of an internal combustion engine, determining the control characteristic by the ignition timing, and determining the control characteristic by the mixture composition.

Keywords:virtual laboratory, LMS Moodle, combustion engine, Unity, SCORM