Haines, Raymond G.2014-03-142014-03-141936-05-05etd-07072010-020102http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43541Conclusions (1) Water 1s a knock suppressor. (2) Water does not act as an anti-detonant by slowing down the rate of flame propagation, but merely removes a portion of the heat of combustion. (3) Increasing the compression ratio requires a decrease in spark advance.88 unnumbered leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1936.H356CompressibilityInternal combustion enginesThe possibility of increasing compression ratios by using water as an anti-detonantThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07072010-020102/