Abstract: Thermodynamics is the key discipline for determining and quantifying the elements of advanced engine designs, which lead to high efficiency. In spite of its importance, thermodynamics is often not given full consideration ...

Abstract: During the last several decades, investigations of the operation of internal combustion engines utilizing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) have increased. This increased interest has been driven by the advantages of the use ...

Abstract: The design and development of high efficiency spark-ignition engines continues to be limited by the consideration of knock. Although the topic of spark knock has been the subject of comprehensive research since the early ...