The Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics of Internal-Combustion Engines Volume I ROWLAND 8, BENSON HORLOCK EARS. AND Db WINTERBONEEDITORS’ FOREWORD the two sola of Themadnanies and Gas Oyuanicr of fit of Volume 1, ewig a general olin forthe remains of he to. We wndsrtch get the st lune to publication aad ced 0 tavtecaleagues of Rowand Bon to ure chapters forthe second une i he speci ares. Owing tthe generosity and effort of thse comin the come text closely fees Rovio Bens Plan an sprains the fact tha These poople gave so ely of thei | {ine ree the exten in which he was hold y hit many elles. The fist volume ie hs ese by Benson hime the second 9 i 1 | ie oat Nap |} Fetch ete tb neon —_—_—_— | rio of Scene aa Teton (UMS. post be Bal else i Rowlind Berson cane up the hurd way, His career started with | seyearch pst with the British Shipbuilding Research Arsocintion (BSRA} Irining several major piss He aascqubaty aut alesertston Gir tworstroke cycle engin and was awarded he degre of Maser of Tn 1983 he ete to Meese to tke up a ecarship tn Mecha cal Engincring a Liverpool Universi he wan sbaequenty promoted te Senior Lecturer an then Renger Inthe peri, twos mde sretion engines whieh were wo form the bas of his subvequent wark, Analy reported ints Book he wa much impresced with de Halles paper on the use of raters to deeb unsteady ys Sows, Wits Mb aeat energy he Spied the method of chursclerities grephizlly many inter ombuston eine problens. “The hrseasag comes ofthese graphed solutions led Benson to se compar metho Wit hs aturlentusisy he quickly became a xcolent computer programmes, snl wih Garg and Woolat hn 1968 he Dobinhed in cssc paper on the numer salt of stony Bow Drodloms, sti wing the asic metbod of charters. He and Wis leagues pow Rada re power ot ther urter work Om Inara with th ssc, Beason Became interested inthe Bows in tushomachincy,suanly though sean reste coat give jismly to Lnereot Unverty, Dush apd Napze by HSRA, 16 develop finned Welucarges for Iege marine diesel eng. He decide! 10 ‘noztate on alow comprar ad tris ‘Aer a ycar MUP ip 1960-81 a a hing Proessor, Ne mOvEL to LUST. During the print {962-78 the man steams ot research which Thal hoon ined at Listpoot were developed to form body of Kenowladge whieh bowght Rowland Besson and UMIST a workwide Feputaton, hese were penepally the modelling techniques for the complete prforanceqeeiction of intebal-combustion engines which form the fay ofthe took, and iso the soa stay and steely fw in radial ormachins, UMIST computer program ae use ia Insty a uments Truphone the work. Paper recline from Benson's esearch were plished may intrational journals and totaled stu 13 al, Several of the major contbaton were coco ined iy ques tram the Inston of Meckansad ngces amd he Souiety of Automate finginers (USA). He oosved es DSe trom the Gnivemity af Condon in 1968 and bn 1947 be was awarded an honorary ‘ctorate tron the Unites of Gant with wes he bad established & join esearch programe The hontai features of Benson's cngiaeoving eaveer a8 we Ruow ‘wll fiom om ese asian wih i at Livergoo! uid UMIST, wore Tis romeniows encry an entnsnn which he setuid 4 bi “denis Pes peo ine the spac for shost hard work that Rowand Denson ho Yet he sill 2566 gonenoely of his He tothe Jewish munity in Manchester and he owed much (0 hit devote wie ad Tn 1075 Person realized thst Wife wa key to end within few sts and he han fo ocean writing the chapters dat fom the bss ofthis text He ded tthe Height of hs intellscasl powers, nthe full knowlege af what was overtaking im. He faced desth squarely. working ttodgh the last days of is le to ene tat his Work wo ante, and tat Rs book Would be published ass complete record of hs work. I forms a bute Co someone of stsle-nindedporeverece, veo the fee of ath ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The editors ackroedge the help they hase wsived in preping this tok for publestion Dr. SC. Law sd) Mi J. Ie Nichols, grate Stents i the Depactment of Mechanic! Encering, UMIST. helped ‘wt he protean. De, PC Banish ase wih the tesco ff certain aes ofthe tox, whilst Mir Bisley wrote the comp Drops. The ares were drawa hy he WY Loy saa stent ALUMIST, abd Sis. P- Shepherd retype the ex init al fon, The Secnce Research Counel generously proved asset 8 for seertaal an eating Work asacited wk te praction of thi tok The Coun hl swarded» Senior Fellows o Rowland Bens ‘enable to finth thr wor, but he died befor he was abl To fe tp. Genera financial sevatance was aise Irn au Mors Li, Centro Richeehe Fiat, Ricardo Consulting Engineers, and Camis Eine Cone The eaters sus aho record he contbton made by thei wives and fares who have waited pabintly during the log pio of time sent revising the manus of Wotan I, nd weg nd prepa. Vone "