The Effect of Low Viscosity Oil on the Wear, Friction and Fuel Consumption of a Heavy Duty Truck Engine

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-319

  Carden, Phil ^a   Pisani, Carl ^a   Andersson, Jon ^a   Field, Ian ^b   Lainé, Emmanuel ^b   Bansal, Jai ^c   Devine, Maryann ^c  

^a RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b INFINEUM UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Infineum USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; TRUCKS; VISCOSITY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CRITICAL LOCATION; CYLINDER PRESSURES; HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS; LOW VISCOSITY OIL; LUBRICANT VISCOSITY; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; OPERATING CONDITION; THIN LAYER ACTIVATION;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

EID: 84876523897     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2013-01-0331     Document Type: Article

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