Title

Engine knock, a renewed concern in motorsports-a literature review

Abstract

This paper reviews the literature which identifies the causes, consequences and cures for engine knock as it affects high performance engines. The physical events of normal and abnormal combustion are described. The observed variations in combustion phenomenon are explained through chemical kinetics. A mathematical model of combustion which can predict knock in an engine cylinder is summarized. Several mechanisms of knock induced damage are outlined. Design and operating considerations which affect an engine's propensity to knock are discussed. Terms that have become associated with combustion in general and the knocking phenomenon in particular are collected and examined Copyright © 1998 Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Publication Title

SAE Technical Papers

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4271/983026

Socpus ID

85072462845 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85072462845

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