Effects of lubricant shear thinning on the mixed lubrication of piston skirt-liner system

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 227, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1585-1598

  Ning, Lipu ^a   Meng, Xianghui ^a   Xie, Youbai ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mixed lubrication; Piston dynamics; Piston skirt; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY FRICTION; FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS; FRICTION LOSS; LUBRICANT VISCOSITY; MIXED LUBRICATION; MULTIGRADE; PISTON SKIRTS; SHEAR THINNING EFFECT;

FRICTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 84883373862     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954406212460610     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Richardson DE. Review of power cylinder friction for diesel engines. ASME J Eng Gas Turb Power 2000; 122: 506-519.
2. Tung Simon C and McMillan ML. Automotive tribology overview of current advances and challenges for the future. Tribol Int 2004; 37: 517-535.
3. Taylor RI, Kitahara T, Saito T, et al. Piston assembly friction and wear: the influence of lubricant viscometry. In: Proceedings of the international tribology conference, Yokohama, vol. III, 1995, pp. 1423-1428.
4. Tian T, Wong VW and Heywood JB. A piston ring-pack film-thickness and friction model for multigrade oils and rough surfaces. SAE Paper No. 962032, 1996.
5. Arcoumanis C, Ostovar P and Mortier R. Mixed lubrication modeling of Newtonian and shear thinning liquids in a piston-ring configuration. SAE Paper 972924, 1997.
6. Ma M-T. Incorporation of lubricant shear-thinning in a two-dimensional lubrication analysis for automotive piston-ring packs. SAE Paper No. 2000-01-1786, 2000.
7. Harigaya Y, Suzuki M and Takiguchi M. Analysis of oil film thickness on a piston ring of diesel engine: effect of oil film temperature. ASME J Eng Gas Turb Power 2003; 125: 596-603.
8. Harigaya Y, Suzuki M, Toda F, et al. Analysis of oil film thickness and heat transfer on a piston ring of a diesel engine: effect of lubricant viscosity. ASME J Eng Gas Turb Power 2006; 128: 685-693.
9. Takiguchi M, Sasaki R, Takahashi I, et al. Oil film measurement and analysis of a three ring pack in an operating diesel engine. In: CEC and SAE spring fuels and lubricants meeting, Paris, France, June 2000, Paper No. 200011787.
10. Oh KP, Li CH and Goenka PK. Elastohydrodynamic lubrication of piston skirt. ASME J Tribol 1987; 109: 356-362.
11. Zhu D, Cheng HS, Arai T, et al. A numerical analysis for piston skirt in mixed lubrication, part I: basic modeling. J Tribol 1992; 114(6): 553-562.
12. Zhu D, Hu Y, Cheng HS, et al. A numerical analysis for piston skirt in mixed lubrication, Part II: deformation consideration. J Tribol 1993; 115(1): 115-125.
13. Patir N and Cheng HS. An average flow model for determining effect of three-dimensional roughness on partial hydrodynamic lubrication. J Lubric Technol 1978; 100(1): 12-17.
14. Patir N and Cheng HS. Application of average flow model to lubrication between rough sliding surfaces. J Lubric Technol 1979; 100(1): 220-229.
15. Mansouri SH and Wong VW. Effects of piston design parameters on piston secondary motion and skirt-liner friction. Proc IMechE, Part J: J Engineering Tribology 2005; 219: 435-449.
16. Guzzomi AL, Hesterman DC and Stone BJ. Variable inertia effects of an engine including piston friction and a crank or gudgeon pin offset. Proc IMechE, Part D: J Automobile Engineering 2008; 222: 397-414.
17. Adnan Qasim S, Afzaal Malik M, Ali Khan M, et al. Modeling shear heating in piston skirts EHL considering different viscosity oils in initial engine. J Eng Gas Turb 2012; 134(8): 032802.
18. Meng XH and Xie YB. A new numerical analysis for piston skirt-liner system lubrication considering the effects of connecting rod inertia. Tribol Int 2012; 47: 235-243.
19. Wu CW and Zheng LQ. An average Reynolds equation for partial film lubrication with a contact factor. J Tribol 1989; 111(1): 188-191.
20. Greenwood JA and Tripp JH. The contact of two nominally flat rough surfaces. Proc Instn Mech Engrs 1970-1971; 185: 625-633.
21. Hu YZ, Cheng HS, Arai T, et al. Numerical simulation of piston ring in mixed lubrication-a nonaxisymmetrical analysis. J Tribol 1994; 116: 470-478.