Developments of the capacitance technique for oil film thickness measurements between the piston ring and liner

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Internal Combustion Engine Division (Publication) ICE

Volumn 32, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Donahue, Richard J ^b   Ducu, Dan O ^b   Ghandhi, Jaal B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; ENGINE CYLINDERS; LUBRICATING OILS; LUBRICATION; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PISTON RINGS;

CYLINDER LINERS;

ENGINE PISTONS;

EID: 0343826911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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