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Variable compression ratio engines

Authors: Pierre PODEVIN, Adrian CLENCI

Publication date: October 10, 2008, Review date: December 17, 2020

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1. The benefits of variable compression ratio

As the term compression ratio refers to a pressure ratio, it must be defined in the case of an internal combustion engine by :

( 1 )

with :

p 1
 : 
pressure in the capsulism at the start of compression,
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