Laser ignition of engines

Laser Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 947-953

  Weinrotter, M ^a   Kopecek, H ^a   Wintner, E ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GASES; GAS ENGINES; IGNITION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPARK PLUGS;

HIGH-FREQUENCY IGNITION; LASER IGNITION; LASER PARAMETERS; OPTICAL FOCUSING;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 25844444798     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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