A five-million kilometre, 100-vehicle fleet trial, of an air-assist direct fuel injected, automotive 2-stroke engine

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Shawcross, David ^a   Pumphrey, Colin ^a   Arnall, David ^a  

^a Orbital Engine Company (Australia) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; COMMERCE; DIRECT INJECTION; DURABILITY; FUEL PURIFICATION; FUELS; MACHINE DESIGN;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLEET MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING COST; VALIDATION PROGRAM;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 85072451325     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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