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Old 09-17-2009, 04:44 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki View Post
Sure it would. It flows out to the atmosphere where the pressure is lower and some back into the cylinder where the pressure is lower. Imagine pressurizing a tube of air. Now open a vent on both ends. Pressure "normalizes" from both ends.
What you have is hot expanding gas and a piston trying to push the spent gases out a little hole- resistance to flow. So you use scavenging to PULL the exhaust out of the cylinder. Very simple.
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