Twentyfour years have gone by since the publication of K. Lohner and H. MOiler's comprehen sive work "Gemischbildung und Verbrennung im Ottomotor" in 1967 1.1]. Naturally, the field of mixture formation and combustion in the spark-ignition engine has wit nessed great technological advances and many new findings in the intervening years, so that the time seemed ripe for presenting a summary of recent research and developments. There fore, I gladly took up the suggestion of the editors of this series of books, Professor Dr. H. List and Professor Dr. A. Pischinger, to write a book summarizing...

The main point represents mixture formation for spark ignition engines, with regard to the basic principles as well as the design and construction of carburettors, injection systems and intake manifolds. In addition, the appertaining measuring techniques are also discussed. The basic principles of combustion are discussed to such an extent that is necessary to understand the effects of mixture formation. The book should provide an overall insight on the state of the art, as well as complete information for the industrial engineer, scientific and university students. Even after more than 100...

Unmittelbar nach der Bestellung des unter der Leitung von Generaldirektor a.D. em. Univ.-Prof. Baurat h.c. DDDr. Dipl.-Ing. Ludwig MUSIL stehenden "Beirats fur sinnvolle Energieanwendung" durch den Herrn Bundesminister fur Handel, Gewerbe und Industrie im Jahre 1974 wurde ein Arbeitskreis fur Fra gen der Energieeinsparung im Strassenverkehr gebildet, dessen Leitung Herr Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. sc. techno Hans Pet er LENZ, Vorstand des Instituts fur Verbrennungskraftmaschinen und Kraftfahrwesen an der Technischen Uni versitat Wien, ubernommen hat. Um die zahlreichen, von verschiedenen...