Compression ratio and compression test readings.

[Eric Fahlgren]

Greg Hermann wrote:

> You need to look up the equation for an "adiabatic" compression process in
> order to get an idea of what is going on.

Here ya go:

   Trise = (PR^0.283 - 1) * Tambient

where

   Trise    = increase in temperature
   PR       = pressure ratio
   Tambient = ambient temperature (in an absolute scale, Kelvin or Rankine)

-- 
Eric Fahlgren                            Mechanical Dynamics, Inc
efahl at adams.com                          Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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