Characterisation of flow structures in a direct-injection spark-ignition engine using PIV, LDV and CFD

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Malcolm, John ^a   Behringer, Markus ^a   Aleiferis, Pavlos ^a   Mitcalf, John ^b   Oudenijeweme, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Product Group Head

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENGINES; DIRECT INJECTION; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW STRUCTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; SPARK CUTTING; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPRESSION STROKE; DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; IN-CYLINDER FLOWS; LDV MEASUREMENTS; MIXTURE PREPARATIONS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85072504887     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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