Modeling of combustion in spray-guided spark-ignition engines [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Rainer Norbert Uwe Dahms

Modeling of Combustion inSpray-Guided Spark-Ignition EnginesRainer DahmsModeling of Combustion inSpray-Guided Spark-Ignition EnginesVon der Fakultat¨ fur¨ Maschinenwesen derRheinisch-Westfalischen¨ Technischen Hochschule Aachenzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors derIngenieurwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertationvorgelegt vonDiplom-IngenieurRainer Norbert Uwe DahmsBerichter: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Dr.-Ing. E.h. N. PetersUniv Dr.-Ing. (USA) S. PischingerTag der mundlichen¨ Prufung:¨ 25.03.2010Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseitender Hochschulbibliothek online verfugbar¨ToParisaVorwort/PrefaceThis work was conducted during my position as a research assistant at the Institute forCombustion Technology (German Institut fur¨ Technische Verbrennung; until August 1st,2005 named Institut fur¨ Technische Mechanik) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.First of all, I am indebted to University-Professor Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Dr. E.h. NorbertPeters for his supervision and the fruitful discussions. Additionally, I would like tothank University-Professor Dr.-Ing. (USA) Stefan Pischinger for being the co-examinerof this work and University-Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Schroder¨ for serving as chairof my doctoral examination.I greatly thank the General Motor Company for the financial support of this researchproject. Furthermore, I am greatly indebted to Dr. Todd D. Fansler and Dr. MichaelC.