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maxSaleen · 03-23-2006, 07:38 AM

I think that Fries (how'd you know he was a civil engineer? He works for/owns a civil engineering firm, CPH) was basically saying that most people/engineers don't fully appreciate the implications of pressure/heat.

He said something to the effect that if you could stop an IC engine right before ignition, and look inside the cylindar, you would see that the fuel was clinging to the cylindar wall, almost entirely seperated from the air. Apparently, as pressure increases, you loose the ability to dissolve one substance in another (read: fuel in air). This happens at an exponential rate (what Fries said...).

03-23-2006, 07:38 AM	#3
maxSaleen Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 383	Re: Laminar flow and ICE engines... I think that Fries (how'd you know he was a civil engineer? He works for/owns a civil engineering firm, CPH) was basically saying that most people/engineers don't fully appreciate the implications of pressure/heat. He said something to the effect that if you could stop an IC engine right before ignition, and look inside the cylindar, you would see that the fuel was clinging to the cylindar wall, almost entirely seperated from the air. Apparently, as pressure increases, you loose the ability to dissolve one substance in another (read: fuel in air). This happens at an exponential rate (what Fries said...).