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Piston Ring Friction

Piston Ring Friction is the mechanical energy loss arising from the relative motion between the piston rings and the cylinder liner in an internal combustion engine, distinguished by its contribution to overall engine friction through viscous shear, boundary contact, and asperity interactions at the ring-liner interface.

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Testing piston rings with partial laser surface texturing for friction reduction

G. Ryk, I. Etsion · Wear · 2006 · 404 citations

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Improving the tribological characteristics of piston ring assembly in automotive engines using Al2O3 and TiO2 nanomaterials as nano-lubricant additives

Mohamed Kamal Ahmed Ali, Liqiang Mai, Cai Qingping et al. · Tribology International · 2016 · 398 citations

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Improving Tribological Performance of Piston Rings by Partial Surface Texturing

Y. Kligerman, I. Etsion, A. Shinkarenko · Journal of Tribology · 2005 · 359 citations

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An Improved Friction Model for Spark-Ignition Engines

Daniel Sandoval, John B. Heywood · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series · 2003 · 170 citations · Full text

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Modelling the hydrodynamic support of cylinder bore and piston rings with laser textured surfaces

Eduardo Tomanik, Francisco J. Profito, Demetrio C. Zachariadis · Tribology International · 2012 · 164 citations

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Authors

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  1. TT
    Tian Tian

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    16 publications · 727 citations

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  2. HR
    Homer Rahnejat

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 508 citations

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  3. RR
    Ramin Rahmani

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 491 citations

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  4. SF
    Shoichi FURUHAMA

    Musashi University, Japan

    8 publications · 418 citations

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  5. DJ
    Donald J. Patterson

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    8 publications · 226 citations

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229

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    52 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    38 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    9 h-index

    32 publications

    902 citations

  4. Musashi University

    Tokyo, Japan

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    975 citations

  5. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    556 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    455 citations

  7. Wayne State University

    Detroit, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    554 citations

  8. Harbin Engineering University

    Harbin, China

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    727 citations

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  2. Tribology International

    39 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Wear

    18 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Journal of Tribology

    13 publications · 782 citations

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