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FORD UK and Lucas Ltd hi joined the Petrol Engi Working Party set up by the search Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Authority at H well.
The project is to develop struments for investigating physical and chemical proces! in automotive engines.
The working party has cently completed a three-y investigation on air-fuel beh iour within petrol engine me folds and has just begun w, on in-cylinder processes.
Ford and Lucas have in f "bought in" to the venture tf securing access to the results earlier studies.
Ford regards optical diagn tics as essential aids to its gine development while LLD sees membership as import to the development of advanc automotive engine managemi systems.
The overall instrument velopment is funded by I Mechanical and Electrical En neering Requirements Board the Department of Industry.
The project has focused laser-based optical techniq& which do not obstruct norr engine operation.
It has already developed la! doppler anemometry (LD techniques for measuring motion, fuel droplet size a motion and has designed co mercial LDA equipment for rt tine use in engine research.
Other members of the pet engine working party inclu BP, Esso and Ricardo.