Measurement of dynamic lubricating oil film thickness between piston ring and liner in a motored engine

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Dhar, Atul ^a   Agarwal, Avinash Kumar ^a   Saxena, Vishal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Capacitance sensor; Micro sensors; Minimum oil film thickness; Particulate; Piston ring; Wear

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINE PISTONS; ENGINES; INSTRUMENTS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MAGNETIC FILMS; MICROSENSORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PISTON RINGS; RINGS (COMPONENTS); SENSORS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; CAPACITANCE METHODS; CAPACITANCE SENSOR; CYLINDER LINERS; DETAILED DESIGNS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIFFERENT SPEEDS; FRICTIONAL LOSSES; INTERNAL COMBUSTIONS; MECHANICAL WEARS; MINIMUM OIL FILM THICKNESS; OF SENSORS; OIL FILM THICKNESSES; PARTICULATE; WEAR;

LUBRICATING OILS;

EID: 58149178613     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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