Study on real-time wear measurement of piston-ring and cylinder-bore in an engine using thin layer activation method

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1073-1078

  Donghui, Huang ^a   Pingsheng, Wang ^a   Weizhi, Tian ^a   Dequan, Zhao ^b   Guangzhou, Cao ^c   Bangfa, Ni ^a   Xiuhua, Zhang ^a,b,c   Lin, Li ^b   Guiying, Zhang ^a   Cunxiong, Liu ^a   Dehong, Li ^a  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

^b Metal Chemical Lab   (China)

^c Cangzhou Railway Equipment Factory   (China)

Author keywords

Cylinder bore; Piston ring; Real time wear measurement; Thin layer activation; Wear

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; PISTON RINGS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CYLINDER BORE; REAL TIME WEAR MEASUREMENT; THIN LAYER ACTIVATION; WEAR DEPTHS;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIESEL ENGINE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER ACTIVATION;

EID: 44649130600     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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