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Piston Ring Lubrication

Piston Ring Lubrication is a mechanical system-level process within internal combustion engine lubrication that specifically governs the formation and maintenance of a lubricating oil film between the piston rings and cylinder liner to minimize friction, wear, and combustion gas leakage while ensuring efficient thermal conductivity and seal integrity.

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Improving fuel efficiency with laser surface textured piston rings

I. Etsion, Eran Sher · Tribology International · 2008 · 421 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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Numerical Simulation of Piston Ring in Mixed Lubrication—A Nonaxisymmetrical Analysis

Yuanzhong Hu, Herbert S. Cheng, Takayuki Arai et al. · Journal of Tribology · 1994 · 181 citations

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Lubricant film thickness and friction force measurements in a laser surface textured reciprocating line contact simulating the piston ring–liner pairing

Sorin-Cristian Vlădescu, A. V. Olver, Ian Pegg et al. · Tribology International · 2016 · 157 citations · Full text

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Tribology of piston compression ring conjunction under transient thermal mixed regime of lubrication

Nicholas J. Morris, Ramin Rahmani, Homer Rahnejat et al. · Tribology International · 2012 · 151 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Tian Tian

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    15 publications · 597 citations

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  2. IS
    Ian Sherrington

    University of Lancashire, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 308 citations

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  3. HR
    Homer Rahnejat

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 608 citations

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  4. SF
    Shoichi FURUHAMA

    Musashi University, Japan

    8 publications · 419 citations

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  5. EH
    Edward H. Smith

    University of Lancashire, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 290 citations

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Institutions

199

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Harbin Engineering University

    Harbin, China

    10 h-index

    42 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    29 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. University of Lancashire

    Preston, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    798 citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Musashi University

    Tokyo, Japan

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    554 citations

  8. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    726 citations

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  1. Tribology International

    36 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Tribology Transactions

    16 publications · 667 citations

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  5. Journal of Tribology

    12 publications · 620 citations

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