Oil transport in the piston ring pack (Part I): Identification and characterization of the main oil transport routes and mechanisms

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Thirouard, Benoist ^a,b   Tian, Tian ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COST REDUCTION; DYE LASERS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; PISTON RINGS; PISTONS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; ENGINE MANUFACTURERS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PASSENGER CAR ENGINE; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; VISUALIZATION SYSTEM;

ENGINE PISTONS;

EID: 85072421663     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-1952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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