The interface between the piston rings and cylinder liner play an important role in total frictional losses and mechanical wear of internal combustion engine and is increasingly coming under scrutiny as legislated particulate emission standards are getting more and more stringent. The capacitance method is used for measurement of minimum oil film thickness between piston ring and liner interface. Measurement of capacitance formed between the piston ring and a probe mounted flush in the liner provides an accurate means of determining the oil film thickness provided that the region between the probe and liner is flooded with oil and dielectric constant of the oil is known. This paper presents detailed design and measurement of lubricating oil film thickness using capacitive micro sensor in a non-firing engine simulator. Lubricating oil film thickness was found to vary between 0.2μm to 8μm in the non firing engine simulator. At a particular position, lubricating oil film thickness varies significantly in upward and downward stroke of the engine due to reversal in direction of piston tilt in the two directions of motion.


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    Title :

    Measurement of Lubricating Oil Film Thickness between Piston Ring -liner Interface in an Engine Simulator


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Fifth International SAE India Mobility Conference on Emerging Automotive Technologies Global and Indian Perspective ; 2008



    Publication date :

    2008-01-09




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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