GMR (General Motors Research Laboratories, now GM R&D (Center) has long sought ways to improve automotive combustion engines. Following World War II, considerable effort was also devoted to evaluating new powerplants that embodied different operating cycles from those of the established spark-ignition and diesel engines. Two internal combustion variants receiving attention during the third quarter of the 20 th century were the free-piston diesel and the gas turbine. Research on those two alternatives is reviewed. Because their shortcomings were judged to outweigh their advantages, neither has found commercial application in highway vehicles.


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    Title :

    Evaluating alternative internal combustion engines: 1950-1975


    Contributors:
    Amann, C.A. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 13 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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