Improving thermal efficiency and reducing carbon emissions are the permanent themes for
internal combustion (IC) engines. In the past decades, various advanced strategies have …

Cylinder wall heat insulation using thermal barrier coatings is both an old and new thermal
efficiency improvement technology for internal combustion engines. This review first outlines …

The need to improve the thermal efficiency of gasoline engines used in hybrid vehicles, has
led to explore new solutions for reducing engine heat losses. Hence, it is important for the …

The application of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) for internal combustion engines has
drawn more research attention in recent years due to the improved coating technology and …

A combination of a fuel injector with staggered nozzle hole arrangement with a combustion
chamber divided into upper and lower layers by placing a lip at the middle of the side wall is …

This research presents an experimental and theoretical evaluation of the effect of poly-
composition thermal barrier coatings on the performance and emission characteristics of the …

The durability of thermal barrier coatings for reciprocating internal combustion engine
applications was investigated using a coupled, unsteady fracture-based thermomechanics …

High-output diesel engine heat transfer measurements are presented in this paper, which is
the first of a two-part series of papers. Local piston heat transfer, based on fast-response …

A methodology to thermo-mechanically optimize a piston thermal barrier coating over a full
drive cycle was established. The optimization objective was to minimize the heat transfer to …

An analytical solution of the unsteady heat conduction problem in multilayer walls was
developed and applied to study thermal barrier coatings for reciprocating internal …