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Fluctuations of combustion were studied using experimental time series of internal pressure in one of four cylinders in a spark ignition engine. Employing standard statistical methods like histograms and return maps, cycle-to-cycle variations of heat release were analyzed. A substantial difference in system behavior corresponding to quality of combustion was observed with a changing spark advance angle. Examining recurrence plots for a higher spark advance angle formation of specific patterns of vertical lines characteristic to intermittent behavior was found.
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Litak, G., Kamiński, T., Czarnigowski, J. et al. Cycle-to-cycle oscillations of heat release in a spark ignition engine. Meccanica 42, 423–433 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-007-9066-6
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