A piston ring-pack film thickness and friction model for multigrade oils and rough surfaces

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Tian, Tian ^a   Wong, Victor W ^a   Heywood, John B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; ENGINE PISTONS; FILM THICKNESS; FORECASTING; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATING OILS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PISTON RINGS; PISTONS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRIBOLOGY; WETTING;

BOUNDARY LUBRICATIONS; FRICTION POWER LOSS; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; LUBRICANT VISCOSITY; LUBRICATION CONDITION; MIXED LUBRICATION MODELS; SHEAR THINNING EFFECT; SINGLE-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 85072466009     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/962032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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