Tribological solutions for engine piston ring surfaces: an overview on the materials and manufacturing

R Ferreira, J Martins, Ó Carvalho, L Sobral… - Materials and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper exhibits an outline of the piston rings operational characteristics and
consequently, of their main functional challenges. The basic geometrical shapes, materials …

Influence of a DLC coating topography in the piston ring/cylinder liner tribological performance

R Ferreira, R Almeida, Ó Carvalho, L Sobral… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the piston ring-cylinder system, the surface topography is crucial to their tribological
performance, emphasizing the relevance of the surface finishing processes. The present …

A stable numerical strategy for Reynolds-Rayleigh-Plesset coupling

A Jaramillo, GC Buscaglia - Tribology International, 2019 - Elsevier
The coupling of Reynolds and Rayleigh-Plesset equations has been used in several works
to simulate lubricated devices considering cavitation. The numerical strategies proposed so …

An extended Elrod-Adams model to account for backpressure and blow-by inception

A Jaramillo, GC Buscaglia - Tribology International, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Piston-Ring-Liner system is the main tribological component of internal
combustion engines. Hydrodynamic models are customarily used to numerically assess the …