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**adultcheee** · 08-19-2012, 07:21 AM

He has a point. If the spark has enough energy to simultaneously ignite all of the fuel in the chamber, the instantaneous torque could be greater that the design point of the shaft.

This is rather unlikely though.

After a spark ignites the air/fuel mixture in an engine's combustion chamber, the flame front travels across the chamber at a rate of about 5000 feet per second. That's right, one mile per second.

I highly doubt it will change anything in the manner suggested.

08-19-2012, 07:21 AM	#7
adultcheee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 517 Senior Member	He has a point. If the spark has enough energy to simultaneously ignite all of the fuel in the chamber, the instantaneous torque could be greater that the design point of the shaft. This is rather unlikely though. After a spark ignites the air/fuel mixture in an engine's combustion chamber, the flame front travels across the chamber at a rate of about 5000 feet per second. That's right, one mile per second. I highly doubt it will change anything in the manner suggested.
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