"April 2009" This SAE Special Publication presents papers from the SI Combustion and Direct Injection SI Engine Technology sessions held during the SAE 2009 World Congress, held April 20-23, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan, USA"--Pref.

2009-01-1505. Fuel Injector Flow Rate Analysis for the Duratec 35 EcoBoost Engine / Gandhi, A. and Meinhart, M. -- 2009-01-1504. An Analytical and Experimental Study of a High Pressure Single Piston Pump for Gasoline Direct Injection (GDi) Engine Applications / Spegar, T., Chang, S., Das, S., Norkin, E. et al. -- 2009-01-1503. Development of a Turbocharged Direct Injection Downsizing Demonstrator Engine / Lumsden, G., OudeNijeweme, D., Fraser, N., and Blaxill, H. -- 2009-01-1502. Numerical and Experimental Analyses of Mixture Formation Process Using a Fan-shaped DI Gasoline Spray: Examinations on Effects of Crosswind and Wall Impingement / Moriyoshi, Y., Uchida, R., Takagi, M., and Kubota, M. -- 2009-01-1501. The Prediction of Flash Atomization in GDI Multi-Hole Injectors / Bianchi, G., Negro, S., Forte, C., Cazzoli, G. et al. -- 2009-01-1500. Spray and Evaporation Characteristics of Multi-Hole Injector for DISI Engines - Effect of Diverging Angle Between Neighboring Holes / Sato, K., Tadokoro, T., Yamakawa, M., Yokohata, H. et al. -- 2009-01-1499. An Experimental Investigation of Hydrogen Combustion in a Direct Injection Spark Ignition Natural Gas Engine / Abdullah, M. and Rashid, A. -- 2009-01-1498. The Effect of Fuel Rail Pressure on the Performance of a CNG-Direct Injection Engine / A-Aziz, A. -- 2009-01-1497. Keys to Understanding Spray-guided Combustion of a Narrow-spacing Gasoline Direct Injection SI Engine with a Centrally Mounted Multi-hole Injector / Yamamoto, S., Tanaka, D., Sato, K., and Yokoe, M. -- 2009-01-1496. Stratified Cold Start Sprays of Gasoline-Ethanol Blends / Hemdal, S., Denbratt, I., Dahlander, P., and Warnberg, J. -- 2009-01-1495. Engine Test for Accelerated Fuel Deposit Formation on Injectors Used in Gasoline Direct Injection Engines / Von Bacho, P., Sofianek, J., Galante-Fox, J., and McMahon, C. -- 2009-01-1494. Development and Optimization of the Ford 3.5L V6 EcoBoost Combustion System / Yi, J., Wooldridge, S., Coulson, G., Hilditch, J. et al. -- 2009-01-1493. Modeling the Cold Start of the Ford 3.5L V6 EcoBoost Engine / Xu, Z., Yi, J., Wooldridge, S., Reiche, D. et al. -- 2009-01-1492. 3D CFD Upfront Optimization of the In-Cylinder Flow of the 3.5L V6 EcoBoost Engine / Iyer, C. and Yi, J. -- 2009-01-1491. Experimental Optimization of the Cold Start for the EcoBoost Engine / Reiche, D., Wooldridge, S., Moilanen, P., and Davis, G. -- 2009-01-1490. Optimal Use of E85 in a Turbocharged Direct Injection Engine / Stein, R., House, C., and Leone, T. -- 2009-01-1489. Investigation of Combustion Robustness in Catalyst Heating Operation on a Spray Guided DISI Engine / Chen, X., Fu, H., Smith, S., and Sandford, M. -- 2009-01-1488. Spray Pattern Recognition for Multi-Hole Gasoline Direct Injectors Using CFD Modeling / Das, S., Chang, S., and Kirwan, J. -- 2009-01-1487. Effects of Cooled EGR Routing on a Second-Generation DISI Turbocharged Engine Employing an Integrated Exhaust Manifold / Turner, J., Pearson, R., Curtis, R., and Holland, B. -- 2009-01-1486. Development of Theta II 2.4L GDI Engine for High Power & Low Emission / Yu, C., Park, K., Han, S., and Kim, W. -- 2009-01-1485. Fuel Efficiency Improvements from Lean, Stratified Combustion with a Solenoid Injector / Husted, H., Piock, W., and Ramsay, G. -- 2009-01-1484. Analysis of Cyclic Variations of Combustion in High Compression Ratio Boosted D.I.S.I. Engine by Ion-Current Probes and CFD / Tanaka, D., Oki, H., Yamazaki, T., Miura, A. et al. -- 2009-01-1483. Cavitation and Hydraulic Flip in the Outward-Opening GDi Injector Valve-Group / Befrui, B., Corbinelli, G., Hoffmann, G., Andrews, R. et al. -- 2009-01-0700. Quasi-Constant Volume (QCV) Spark Ignition Combustion / Chen, R., Winward, E., Stewart, P., Taylor, B. et al. -- 2009-01-0699. A Study of the Knocking Mechanism in Terms of Flame Propagation Behavior Based on 3D Numerical Simulations / Teraji, A., Kakuho, A., Tsuda, T., and Hashizume, Y. -- 2009-01-0698. A New Method to Detect Knocking Zones / Hettinger, A. and Kulzer, A. -- 2009-01-0697. Optical Investigations of the Abnormal Combustion in a Boosted Spark-ignition PFI Engine / Merola, S., Sementa, P., Tornatore, C., and Vaglieco, B. -- 2009-01-0695. Development of a Practical Tool for Residual Gas Estimation in IC Engines / Sellnau, M., Sinnamon, J., Oberdier, L., Dase, C. et al. -- 2009-01-0694. Dedicated EGR: A New Concept in High Efficiency Engines / Alger, T. and Mangold, B. -- 2009-01-0506. Gas Assisted Jet Ignition of Ultra-Lean LPG in a Spark Ignition Engine / Toulson, E., Watson, H., and Attard, W. -- 2009-01-0505. Development of a Novel Ignition System Using Repetitive Pulse Discharges: Application to a SI Engine / Tanoue, K., Kuboyama, T., Moriyoshi, Y., Hotta, E. et al. -- 2009-01-0504. Effect of the Engine Head Geometry on the Combustion Process in a PFI Boosted Spark-ignition Engine / Merola, S., Sementa, P., Tornatore, C., and Vaglieco, B. -- 2009-01-0503. CARE - CAtalytic Reformated Exhaust Gases in Turbocharged DISI-Engines / Hoffmeyer, H., Montefrancesco, E., Beck, L., Willand, J. et al. -- 2009-01-0502. Adsorption-based Structural Characterisation of Combustion Chamber Deposits / Pinto da Costa, J., Sarkisov, L., Seaton, N., and Cracknell, R. -- 2009-01-0501. Pressure Trace Analysis Methods to Analyze Combustion Features and Cyclic Variability of Different Gasoline Combustion Concepts / Kulzer, A., Lejsek, D., Kiefer, A., and Hettinger, A. -- 2009-01-0325. Numerical Simulation of a Direct-Injection Spark-Ignition Engine with Different Fuels / Srivastava, S., Schock, H., Jaberi, F., and Hung, D. -- 2009-01-0324. Impact of Fuel Properties on the Performances and Knock Behaviour of a Downsized Turbocharged DI SI Engine - Focus on Octane Numbers and Latent Heat of Vaporization / Milpied, J., Jeuland, N., Plassat, G., Guichaous, S. et al. -- 2009-01-0323. Mixture Preparation Effects on Gaseous Fuel Combustion in SI Engines / Khan, M., Watson, H., and Baker, P. -- 2009-01-0140. Ethanol Flex-fuel Engine Improvements with Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Hydrogen Enrichment / Gingrich, J., Alger, T., and Sullivan, B. -- 2009-01-0138. A Study of Gasoline-Alcohol Blended Fuels in an Advanced Turbocharged DISI Engine / Cairns, A., Stansfield, P., Fraser, N., Blaxill, H. et al. -- 2009-01-0137. An Investigation of Potential and Challenges with Higher Ethanol-gasoline Blend on a Single Cylinder Spark Ignition Research Engine / Kumar, A., Khatri, D., and Babu, M.