Piston-cylinder pressure balance design with a negligible distortion coefficient

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 796-806

  Esward, T J ^a   Preston, R C ^a   Gelat P N ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Finite element methods; High pressure apparatus; Piston cylinder pressure balance

Indexed keywords

ENGINE CYLINDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PISTONS; POISSON RATIO;

DISTORTION COEFFICIENT;

PRESSURE CONTROL;

CYLINDER; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PISTON; PRESSURE;

EID: 0038417227     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/14/6/313     Document Type: Article

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