Piston is the most important part in internal combustion engine. During engine operation,
piston experiences stress, pressure, temperature change resulting in mechanical and …

Fuel efficiency is the main IC engine attribute, with the compression ring-bore contact
consuming nearly 5% of the fuel energy. Analyses are often idealised, such as isothermal …

Despite extensive research into alternative methods, the internal combustion engine is
expected to remain as the primary source of vehicular propulsion for the foreseeable future …

The piston ring/cylinder liner conjunction can experience various regimes of lubrication
during piston strokes inside the engine cylinder. In the current engines, the nature of …

This paper presents studies related to piston compression ring tribology and the theoretical
and experimental works developed to analyze ringliner contact friction. The literatures …

IC engines contribute to global warming through extensive use of fossil fuel energy and
emission of combustion by-products. Innovative technologies such as cylinder de-activation …

Abstract Development in surface modifications has shown promising outcomes in improving
the tribological performance of contacts in hydrodynamic, mixed, and boundary lubrications …

A multi-physics integrated analysis of piston top compression ring of a high-performance
internal combustion engines is presented. The effects of transient ring elastodynamics …

Prediction of load capacity and friction depends on the assumed boundary conditions. The
inlet comprises swirl and counter flows, admitting only a portion of the inward flow into the …

A new method, comprising Navier–Stokes equations, Rayleigh–Plesset volume fraction
equation, an analytical control-volume thermal-mixed approach and asperity interactions, is …