An experimental study of oil transport on the piston third land and the effects of piston and ring designs

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Vokac, Adam ^a   Tian, Tian ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FLOW PATTERNS; LUBRICATING OILS; LUBRICATION; PISTON RINGS; PISTONS;

COMPRESSION RINGS; DESIGN VARIATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; LUBRICATING OIL CONSUMPTION; OIL CONTROL RINGS; OIL DISTRIBUTIONS; SINGLE-CYLINDER SPARK-IGNITION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

ENGINE PISTONS;

EID: 85072434703     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-1934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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