[Diy_efi] Re: sequential injection timing

[Greg Hermann]

At 8:09 PM 8/4/02, Dave Williams wrote:
>Brian Michalk wrote:
>
>> > suggested that reference to the ORIGINAL work of REAL researchers, such as
>> > Sir Harry, Obert, Glassman, and the many authors of the WWII era NACA
>> > papers on IC engines is MUCH more enlightening that reading the cud like,
>>
>> Could you recommend any books by these people?
>
> Glassman, "Combustion", 3rd edition is current.
>
> Ricardo, "The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine".
>
> Obert, "Internal Combustion Engines"
>
> NACA papers - on the Web at naca.larc.nasa.gov
>
> You might also check Rogowski, "Elements of Internal Combustion
>Engines", Schweitzer, "Scavenging Two-Stroke Cycle Diesel Engines"
>(which covers much more than the title suggests), and "Engine Dynamics
>and Crankshaft Design", by Angle.
>
> All of these are available through Inter-Library Loan if you're in the
>USA.
>
> Heywood, Heisler, and most of the others just recycle the same old
>stuff these guys had down pat in the 1940s, except for Glassman.
>Heywood's main problem is trying to compress entire subjects down into
>single paragraphs, which sometimes causes what he says to be somewhat
>different from what is said in the papers he quotes as sources.  Who are
>you going to believe; the guy who got paid to test-to-destruction in the
>dyno room, or a professor sifting through a bunch of papers and trying
>to average out the results?

Thanks, Dave. I kinda figured you could fill in the blanks for him ! :-)

Greg



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