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The interest in a better understanding of the processes involved in ignition and self-sustained flame propagation is as old as the internal combustion engine itself. In order to gain a better insight into these processes, the main efforts have been concentrated on experiments in the very engine aiming at a direct and quick success. This, however, also presented its major drawback. The complexity of the mutually dependent influences of the large number of different operation parameters of the real engine prevented any significant breakthrough in the past. Too much room had still to be left by this approach for speculations and interpretations due to serious lacks of accessible information.
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Maly, R. (1984). Spark Ignition: Its Physics and Effect on the Internal Combustion Engine. In: Hilliard, J.C., Springer, G.S. (eds) Fuel Economy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2277-9_3
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