Piezoelectric sensors to monitor lubricant film thickness at piston-cylinder contacts in a fired engine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-111

  Mills, R S ^a   Avan, E Y ^a   Dwyer Joyce, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fired engine; Lubricant film thickness measurement; Piston ring; Skirt; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; LOW EMISSION ENGINES; LUBRICANT FILM THICKNESS; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; SINGLE-CYLINDER ENGINES; SKIRT;

ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINES; FILM THICKNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PISTON RINGS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ENGINE PISTONS;

EID: 84877865241     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: 2041305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350650112464833     Document Type: Article

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