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The Application of Wave Action Techniques to Reciprocating Engines

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The concept of waves in the flow of a compressible fluid was introduced in Chapter 12. It was shown that the wave equations can be solved by a number of methods, and that techniques exist for small waves, as well as homentropic and non-homentropic flow. This chapter will describe the way in which wave action affects the performance of reciprocating engines, and how it can be used to improve that performance. The reader is referred to Chapter 12 for a detailed description of wave action methods.

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Winterbone, D.E. (1990). The Application of Wave Action Techniques to Reciprocating Engines. In: Weaving, J.H. (eds) Internal Combustion Engineering: Science & Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0749-2_13

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