To adequately elucidate the complex in-cylinder flow structures and its underlying effects on
the thermal processes inside an internal combustion engine (ICE) has long been a daunting …

Particle image velocimetry has been widely used in various sectors from the automotive to
aviation, research, and development, energy, medical, turbines, reactors, electronics …

Online in situ prediction of 3-D flame evolution has been long desired and is considered to
be the Holy Grail for the combustion community. Recent advances in computational power …

Improved understanding of in-cylinder flows requires knowledge from well-resolved
experimental velocimetry measurements and flow simulation modeling. Engine simulations …

Time-resolved volumetric tomography (VT) has been applied extensively for turbulent
flow/combustion diagnostics, due to its great capacity in reconstructing three dimensional …

Knock is one of the main limitations on increasing spark-ignition (SI) engine efficiency. This
has been known for at least 100 years, and it is still the case today. Knock occurs when …

To further improve the energy conversion efficiency of internal combustion engine, the
transient and complex air flow movement inside the cylinder needs to be better understood …

Compressed air could be a solution for the future mass storage of renewable energies. The
isothermal compression and expansion of air by liquid piston is a solution that offers good …

High-speed tomographic particle image velocimetry (TPIV) is demonstrated in turbulent
reactive flows at acquisition rates ranging from 10 to 16 kHz. The 10-kHz TPIV …

The objective of this study is an improved understanding of the three-dimensional in-cylinder
flow and its influence on cycle-to-cycle variations in a fired, direct-injection, spray-guided …