Fast-burn combustion chamber design for natural gas engines

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 232-236

  Evans, R L ^a   Blaszczyk, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0348172368     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2818081     Document Type: Article

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