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FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON COMBUSTION
IN GERMANY DURING THE WAR YEARS
Contents of Report
| Section 1 1026 kb |
Cover Page | ||
| Title Page | |||
| 1. Physics and Chemistry of Oxidation and Flames. | |||
| A. Reaction Kinetics of the Slow Oxidation of Hydrocarbons. | |||
| Section 2 819 kb |
B. Ignition Delay. | ||
| a. Factors influencing ignition delay: in particular temperature and pressure effect. | |||
| b. The delay in ignition of fuel sprays. | |||
| Section 3 974 kb |
c. The reaction mechanism in the ignition process. | ||
| C. The Mechanism of Explosive Gas Reactions. | |||
| D. Flames. | |||
| Section 4 1180 kb |
2. Combustion in Spark Ignition Engines. | ||
| A. Cause of Knock. | |||
| B. Prevention of Knock. Phenomena Occurring with High Valve Overlap. | |||
| Section 5 946 kb |
C. Knock Determination | ||
| a. Methods | |||
| b. Accuracy of knock determination. | |||
| Section 6 1167 kb |
c. Reference fuels. | ||
| d. Knock measuring instruments. | |||
| e. Viewpoints on possible future methods of fuel testing. | |||
| D. Power Boost. | |||
| Section 7 1173 kb |
E. Fuels and their Properties. | ||
| 3. Combustion in Diesel Engines. | |||
| A. General Theory and Practice. | |||
| B. Modifications in Engine Design and Operation | |||
| Section 8 1293 kb |
C. Evaluation of Diesel Fuels. | ||
| D. Ignition Accelerators. | |||
| E. Cold Starting and the Use of Additives. | |||
| F. Fuels and their Properties. | |||
| 4. Table of Symbols. 130kb pdf | |||
| 5. References. 606kb pdf | |||
| 6. Subject Bibliography. 2715kb pdf | |||
| 7. Appendix. 1067kb pdf | |||