Tribological investigation of piston ring coatings operation in an alternative fuel and engine oil blend

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 381-389

  Tung, Simon C ^a   Gao, Hong ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Engine oil; Friction; Fuel; Piston ring coating; Wear

Indexed keywords

ENGINE OIL; PISTON RING COATING; RING COATING; WEAR;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; ETHANOL; FRICTION; FUELS; GASOLINE; LUBRICATING OILS; SPRAYED COATINGS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY; VAPOR DEPOSITION; WEAR OF MATERIALS; INORGANIC COATINGS; PISTON RINGS;

PISTON RINGS; TRIBOLOGY;

PISTON RING COATINGS;

COATING; ENGINE OIL; FRICTION; PISTON RING; SOLID LUBRICANT; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR;

EID: 0036629565     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000208982563     Document Type: Article

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