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- Dimkovski, Zlate, 1974, et al.
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Quantification of the cold worked material inside the deep honing grooves on cylider liner surfaces and its effect on wear
- 2009
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Ingår i: Wear. - Amsterdam : Elsevier BV. - 0043-1648 .- 1873-2577. ; 267:12, s. 2235-2242
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The increased presence of cold work material on cylinder liners due to the introduction of the diamond honing is undesirable as it seats the oil-bearing honing grooves. The most of it is a smeared metal inside the deep honing grooves (blechmantel) that may break and act as abrasive wear particles increasing the bore wear. An attempt has been made to estimate the extent of removal of blechmantel for different wear regimes present at the middle and top region (near the top dead centre) of the liner surface using the least worn bottom region as a reference for comparison. A number of truck grey iron cylinder liners were axially sectioned after varying periods of engine running under similar conditions of load, engine speed and lubrication. 3D surface measurements were taken at the three regions and a range of standard parameters was extracted. Combining the profile and image analysis, an algorithm was developed to identify and quantify the blechmantel. The algorithm has successfully identified/quantified the blechmantel and can be used for automatic surface quality and process control. It was found that the amount of the blechmantel in the middle section was approximately the same (though slightly lower) as that in the bottom section, while there was a considerable dislocation and removal of blechmantel in the top section and thereby it represents one of the possible causes for wear. Axial wear scratches of different size and distribution were observed not only through the whole stroke area, but also in the bottom region. All engines and liners performed well throughout the tests, and the observed quantities of blechmantel and axial scratches are acceptable for the time being.
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- Flys, Olena, 1971-, et al.
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Piston ring topography variation and robust characterization
- 2014
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is a constant challenge for the automotive industry to reduce friction losses and oil consumption in automobile engine. The piston ring friction accounts for approximately 20% of the total mechanical energy losses in a modern engine. Oil control rings limit and control the oil consumption of the engine as well. They scrape off excess lubricating oil from the cylinder walls and return it to the crank case. Piston rings are designed to distribute the thin oil film evenly to ensure piston and ring lubrication. The surface topography of a piston ring is an efficient variable in the control of the oil consumption and friction losses. In places where the interacting surfaces come in contact, the oil film thickness is extremely thin and the surface asperities may deform because of the high pressures. There are different types of oil control rings.The most common one is the twin land oil control ring, which consists of two narrow lands that scrape off the oil on the liner and a spring on the back that exerts the load. In this paper, the surfaces of the two lands were investigated, since they play the key role in its function. The goal is to map the variation in surface roughness of piston rings that appear at different scales from form and waviness to micro and nano roughness. Areal topography measurements were made by white light interferometer designed at the Halmstad University able to measure and scan the total functional area of a piston ring. An significant amount of oil control piston rings of heavy duty truck engines were examined and 24 measurements were made in circumferential direction and on each ring land. The results show both the variation and uncertainty of the ring topography and discuss the instrument and measuring methodology uncertainty. The most stable parameters were found and recommended for an effective quality control. Comparisons between established coherence scanning interferometer and the instrument built in Halmstad were made. To ensure a good quality, the measurements were made both on calibration standards and on piston ring surfaces. Finally the influence on function and energy losses in the final engine assembly is discussed to indicate future design and metrology improvements.
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- Johansson, Staffan, et al.
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A Novel Approach to Reduction of Frictional Losses in a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine by Reducing the Hydrodynamic Frictional Losses
- 2017
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Ingår i: Advances in Tribology. - New York : Hindawi Publishing Corporation. - 1687-5915 .- 1687-5923. ; 2017, s. 1-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An important parameter in the reduction of fuel consumption of heavy-duty diesel engines is the Power Cylinder Unit (PCU); the PCU is the single largest contributor to engine frictional losses. Much attention, from both academia and industry, has been paid to reducing the frictional losses of the PCU in the boundary and mixed lubrication regime. However, previous studies have shown that a large portion of frictional losses in the PCU occur in the hydrodynamic lubrication regime. A novel texturing design with large types of surface features was experimentally analyzed using a tribometer setup. The experimental result shows a significant reduction of friction loss for the textured surfaces. Additionally, the textured surface did not exhibit wear. On the contrary, it was shown that the textured surfaces exhibited a smaller amount of abrasive scratches on the plateaus (compared to the reference plateau honed surface) due to entrapment of wear particles within the textures. The decrease in hydrodynamic friction for the textured surfaces relates to the relative increase of oil film thickness within the textures. A tentative example is given which describes a method of decreasing hydrodynamic frictional losses in the full-scale application. © 2017 Staffan Johansson et al.
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- Rosén, Bengt Göran, 1962-, et al.
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Analysis of 3-D surfaces in forming dies and sheet metal - Today and tomorrow
- 2004
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacture and Use of Tools and Dies and Stamping of Steel Sheets. ; , s. 29-53
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The effects of surface roughness on production of steel sheet are critically reviewed. New developments in the measurement and characterisation of surface roughness seem likely to improve our understanding of its effect on sheet metal production. Much useful information can still be acquired by 2D techniques but increasingly the evidence is that sheet metal surface roughness is better measured and characterised by 3D methods. The facility for direct surface visualization in 3D is shown to be particularly helpful. When measuring 3D the measurement area size and sampling space are critical and for evaluation the filtering of surface data into roughness and waviness is more complicated than for 2D profiles.
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- Rosen, Bengt-Göran, 1962, et al.
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Topographic modelling of haptic properties of tissue products
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. - Bristol : IOP Publishing. - 1742-6588 .- 1742-6596. ; 483:1
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The way a product or material feels when touched, haptics, has been shown to be a property that plays an important role when consumers determine the quality of products For tissue products in constant touch with the skin, softness becomes a primary quality parameter. In the present work, the relationship between topography and the feeling of the surface has been investigated for commercial tissues with varying degree of texture from the low textured crepe tissue to the highly textured embossed- and air-dried tissue products. A trained sensory panel at was used to grade perceived haptic «roughness». The technique used to characterize the topography was Digital light projection (DLP) technique, By the use of multivariate statistics, strong correlations between perceived roughness and topography were found with predictability of above 90 percent even though highly textured products were included. Characterization was made using areal ISO 25178-2 topography parameters in combination with non-contacting topography measurement. The best prediction ability was obtained when combining haptic properties with the topography parameters auto-correlation length (Sal), peak material volume (Vmp), core roughness depth (Sk) and the maximum height of the surface (Sz). © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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- Rosén, Stefan, et al.
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The Stedman diagram revisited
- 2014
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Ingår i: Surface Topography : Metrology and Properties. - Bristol : Institute of Physics (IOP). - 2051-672X. ; 2:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Stedman diagram has been used for some years to display aspects of the performance of instruments measuring surface roughness. Such diagrams are herein employed to compare the features of a range of proprietary measuring instruments, including contact and non-contact devices. An extension of the basic diagram is proposed, which would allow it to include a further aspect: the speed of data collection. Figures of merit based on the revised diagram are computed, which enable instruments to be ranked on these particular aspects of their performance. Contact instruments emerge as comparable to non-contact, as their slower rate of data acquisition can be offset by the greater area they can access in amplitude–wavelength space. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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- Rosén, Stefan, et al.
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The Stedman diagram revisited
- 2013
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Ingår i: Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, 2013. ; , s. 201-206
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Stedman diagram has been used for some years to display aspects of the performance of surface roughness measuring instruments. Such diagrams are herein employed to compare the features of a range of proprietary measuring instruments, including contact and non-contact devices. An extension of the basic diagram is proposed which would allow it to include a further aspect, speed of data collection. Figures of merit based on the revised diagram are computed which enable instruments to be ranked on these particular aspects of their performance. Contact instruments emerge as comparable to non-contact, as their slower rate of data acquisition can be offset by the greater area they can access in amplitude-wavelength space.
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- Anderberg, Cecilia, 1963-, et al.
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Liner surface improvements for low friction piston ring packs
- 2014
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Ingår i: Surface Topography : Metrology and Properties. - Bristol : Institute of Physics (IOP). - 2051-672X. ; 2:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of engine components in the automotive industry is governed by several constraints such as environmental legislation and customer expectations. About a half of the frictional losses in an internal combustion engine come from the interactions between the piston assembly and cylinder liner surface. The tribological considerations in the contact between the piston ring and cylinder liner have attracted much attention over the past few decades. Many non-conventional cylinder liner finishes have been, and are being, developed with the aim to reduce friction losses and oil consumption, but the effects of the surface finish on piston ring pack performance is not well understood. One way of reducing friction in the cylinder system is to reduce the tangential load from the piston ring pack, focusing on the oil control ring. However, the side-effect of this is a disappointingly increased oil consumption. In this study a number of different cylinder liner surface specifications were developed and implemented in test engines with the aim of maintaining the level for oil consumption when decreasing the tangential load for the piston ring pack. To improve our understanding of the result, the same surfaces were evaluated in elastic and elasto-plastic rough contact and hydrodynamic flow simulation models. It is shown that oil consumption is strongly related to surface texture on the cylinder liners and at lower speeds (900–1200 rpm), a 'rougher surface' with a high core (e.g. Sk) and valley roughness (e.g. Svk) results in higher oil consumption. At the medium speed range (1200–3600 rpm), oil consumption continues to dominate for the 'rough' surfaces but with a visible influence of a lower oil consumption for a decreased roughness within the 'rough' surface group. 'Smooth' surfaces with a 'smooth' core (Sk), irrespective of the valley component (Svk), show similar oil consumption. For engine speeds above 3600 rpms, an increase in plateau roughness results in higher oil consumption. Throughout the study, standard roughness parameters were computed to compare with the results from engine testing and simulation. Future work will be directed to continuous optimization between oil consumption and friction. Improving the understanding of the functional cylinder system surfaces' ability to form oil films in the cylinder system opens up opportunities, not only in reducing the tangential load of piston ring packs but also in optimizing oil viscosity in order to reduce friction.
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- Anderberg, Cecilia, et al.
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Low friction and emission cylinder liner surfaces and the influence of surface topography and scale
- 2019
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Ingår i: Tribology International. - Kidlington : Pergamon Press. - 0301-679X .- 1879-2464. ; 133, s. 224-229
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A low friction piston ring pack, with tangential load halved, was tested in engines with four different cylinder liner finishes. Oil consumption, oil temperature and liner surface temperature were monitored at different load and speed levels, under similar test conditions. The two smoother surfaces generally kept lower oil consumption compared to the two rougher ones. Results were correlated using an area-fractal analysis. The relative area of the surface was calculated at different scales and the result was compared with the level of oil consumption for the different liner surfaces at different engine speeds. It was found that oil consumption was strongly correlated with scale for areas of above 1000 μm2 and below 20 μm2. © 2018
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