The power and heat-stress conditions of geometrically similar engines are discussed. The advantages accruing from smaller cylinder dimensions are higher specific horsepower, lower weight per horsepower, lower piston temperature, and less frontal area, with reduced detonation tendency.
Heat transfer in geometrically similar cylinders
1941-05-01
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Heat transfer in geometrically similar cylinders
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