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Knock

Knock is an undesired combustion phenomenon in internal combustion engines characterized by the spontaneous auto-ignition of the unburned fuel-air mixture ahead of the propagating flame front, leading to rapid pressure oscillations and audible high-frequency vibrations.

262

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11.6K

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659

Authors

194

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2017–2026

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262

Knocking combustion in spark-ignition engines

Zhi Wang, Hui Liu, Rolf D. Reitz · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science · 2017 · 705 citations · Full text

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Chemical Kinetics and Combustion Modeling

James A. Miller · Annual Review of Physical Chemistry · 1990 · 429 citations · Full text

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Comparing Enhanced Natural Thermal Stratification Against Retarded Combustion Phasing for Smoothing of HCCI Heat-Release Rates

Magnus Sjöberg, John E. Dec, Aristotelis Babajimopoulos et al. · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series · 2004 · 227 citations

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A detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for the oxidation of iso-octane and n-heptane over an extended temperature range and its application to analysis of engine knock

Charles K. Westbrook, Jürgen Warnatz, William J. Pitz · Symposium (International) on Combustion · 1989 · 213 citations

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Influence of autoignition delay time characteristics of different fuels on pressure waves and knock in reciprocating engines

D. Bradley, Gautam Kalghatgi · Combustion and Flame · 2009 · 191 citations

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Authors

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  1. GK
    Gautam Kalghatgi

    Shell (Netherlands), Netherlands

    7 publications · 495 citations

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  2. PB
    Pau Bares

    Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

    7 publications · 168 citations

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  3. JF
    Jesse Frey

    Villanova University, United States

    7 publications · 185 citations

    7

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  4. CY
    Chunde Yao

    Tianjin University, China

    6 publications · 113 citations

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  5. SF
    Stefano Fontanesi

    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

    6 publications · 225 citations

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Institutions

194

  1. Tianjin University

    Tianjin, China

    16 h-index

    61 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Universitat Politècnica de València

    Valencia, Spain

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    514 citations

  3. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    7 h-index

    30 publications

    611 citations

  4. Villanova University

    Radnor, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    541 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    25 publications

    3.5K citations

  7. General Motors (United States)

    Detroit, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    875 citations

  8. Istituto Motori

    Naples, Italy

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    562 citations

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Venues

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  2. SAE International Journal of Engines

    16 publications · 694 citations

    14

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  3. Energy Conversion and Management

    11 publications · 431 citations

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  4. International Journal of Engine Research

    9 publications · 533 citations

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  5. Combustion and Flame

    8 publications · 725 citations

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