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Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, 5th Edition
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Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, 5th Edition

by Tom Denton
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
700 pages
28h 19m
English
Routledge
Content preview from Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, 5th Edition
Fuel control
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8.1.4 Detonation
The detonation phenomenon is the limiting factor on the output and efciency
of the spark ignition engine. The mechanism of detonation is the setting up
within the engine cylinder of a pressure wave travelling at such velocity as, by
its impact against the cylinder walls, to set them in vibration, and thus produce a
high pitched ‘ping’. When the spark ignites a combustible mixture of the fuel and
air, a small nucleus of ame builds up, slowly at rst but accelerating rapidly.
As the ame front advances it compresses the remaining unburned mixture
ahead of it. The temperature of the unburned mixture is raised by ...
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