Cyclic variations of fuel-droplet distribution during the early intake stroke of a lean-burn stratified-charge spark-ignition engine

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 789-798

  Aleiferis, P G ^a,b   Hardalupas, Y ^a   Taylor, A M K P ^a   Ishii, K ^c   Urata, Y ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Honda International Technical School   (Japan)

^d HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; IGNITION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINES;

CYCLE-BY-CYCLE VARIATIONS; FUEL-DROPLET DISTRIBUTION; INTAKE STROKE;

FUELS;

IGNITION;

EID: 27744506703     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-005-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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