Numerical analysis of laser-textured piston-rings in the hydrodynamic lubrication regime

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gadeschi, Gonzalo Brito ^c   Backhaus, Katja ^a   Knoll, Gunther ^b  

^a Ingenieurgesellschaft Fr Strukturanalyse und Tribologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; LUBRICATION; PISTON RINGS; PISTONS;

DIMPLE DENSITY; DIMPLE DEPTH; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; LASER-TEXTURED; LUBRICATION REGIMES; PARAMETERIZED; PERFORMANCE; PISTON-RINGS; SURFACE TEXTURES;

FRICTION;

EID: 84866063126     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007347     Document Type: Article

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