Experimental investigation of in-duct insertion loss of catalysts in internal combustion engines

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-487

  Selamet, A ^b   Kothamasu, V ^b   Novak, J M ^a   Kach, R A ^a  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DYNAMOMETERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

IN-DUCT INSERTION LOSS;

EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE);

EID: 0033717698     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(99)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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