The dynamics and multiple-cycle evolution of the incompressible flow induced by a moving piston through the open valve of a motored piston-cylinder assembly was investigated using direct numerical simulation. A spectral element solver, adapted for moving geometries using an Arbitrary Lagrange/Eulerian formulation, was employed. Eight cycles were simulated and the ensemble- and azimuthally-averaged data were found to be in good agreement with experimentally determined means and fluctuations at all measured points and times. During the first half of the intake stroke the flow field is dominated by the dynamics of the incoming jet and the vortex rings it creates. With decreasing piston speed a large central ring becomes the dominant flow feature until the top dead center. The flow field at the end of the previous cycle is found to have a dominant effect on the jet breakup and the vortex ring dynamics below the valve and on the observed significant cyclic variations. Based on statistical averaging, the evolution of the turbulent flow field during the first half of the intake stroke is dominated by the jet breakup process leading to a strongly anisotropic behavior. In the second part of the intake stroke, the decrease of the incoming jet velocity results in a more isotropic behavior.

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