The flow in the inlet manifold of a Ford direct injection diesel engine has been characterized by laser Doppler anemometry under motored conditions at engine speeds between 300 and 1100 r/min. Plexiglass windows have been inserted at three locations in adjacent manifold branches of the four-cylinder engine and back-scatter LDA was used to provide information about the ensemble-averaged and in-cycle axial and radial velocities at various spatial locations within the inlet channels during the engine cycle.
