Modeling piston-ring dynamics, blowby, and ring-twist effects

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 843-854

  Tian, T ^a   Noordzij, L B ^a   Wong, V W ^a   Heywood, J B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DIESEL ENGINES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS TURBINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BLOWBY; RING STATIC TWIST;

PISTON RINGS;

EID: 0032182695     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2818477     Document Type: Article

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