Knock damage in spark-ignition engines

The objectives of this thesis were to identify, explain and quantify the damage caused by knocking combustion in spark-ignition engines. A literature review indicated that, in general, research into knock has focused on the causes and avoidance of knock, rather than on the damage resulting from knoc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nates, Roy Jonathan
Other Authors: Yates, Andrew
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11478