Friction reduction via piston and ring design for an advanced natural-gas reciprocating engine

Proceedings of the 2004 Fall Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 743-753

  Smedley, Grant ^a   Mansouri, S H ^a,b   Tian, Tian ^a   Wong, Victor W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FRICTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PISTON RINGS; PISTONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDRODYNAMIC PRESSURES; MECHANICAL LOSS; PISTON GROOVES; POWER GENERATION ENGINES;

GAS ENGINES;

EID: 14044275713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icef2004-0879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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