Determination of fundamental parameters for the cross-hatched cylinder liner micro-geometry

Author(s):  
N Biboulet ◽  
H Bouassida ◽  
J Cavoret ◽  
AA Lubrecht

This paper is part of a project aiming at optimizing the cylinder-liner/piston-ring contact performance: oil consumption, friction and wear. The surface micro-geometry has a major influence on these characteristics. Classical cylinder-liners display cross-hatched patterns. Grooves modify contact pressure distributions and act as lubricant reservoirs and pipes redistributing oil. The load-carrying capacity is greatly influenced by the number of grooves and their geometry. An automatic groove geometry identification (depth, width, angle) is performed on cylinder-liner surface measurements. The surfaces were measured at two instants: new and after a fired engine test. The micro-geometry evolution is discussed.

Author(s):  
C. Anderberg ◽  
S. Johansson ◽  
P. H. Nilsson ◽  
R. Ohlsson ◽  
B. G. Rose´n

Demands for decreased environmental impact from vehicles are resulting in a strong push for decreased engine oil, fuel consumption and weight. New machining and coating technologies have offered ways to attack these problems. Engine oil and fuel consumption are to a great extent controlled by the topography of the cylinder liner surface and it is therefore important to optimise this surface. Recent engine tests have shown a reduction in oil consumption when using cylinder liners with a smoother finish than that given by the current plateau honing. However, engine manufacturers are hesitant to introduce smoother liner surfaces because of fears of severe wear and scuffing. There is also the possibility that smoother liner surfaces may be more sensitive to the choice of piston ring finishes. This paper therefore seeks to investigate the functional performance and resistance to wear of these smooth cylinder liners and the mating top ring surfaces.


2014 ◽  
Vol 966-967 ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Yousfi ◽  
Sabeur Mezghani ◽  
Ibrahim Demirci ◽  
Mohamed El Mansori

The cylinder liner surface texture, widely generated by the honing technique, contributes a lot on engine functional performances (friction, oil consumption, running-in, wear etc.). In order to improve these functional performances, different honing processes are being developed. These different honing processes generate surfaces with various texture features characteristics (roughness, valleys depth, valley width, cross hatch angle, etc.). This paper addresses a comparison of ring-pack friction for cylinder texture with different cross-hatch angles and valley sizes. It takes in consideration the mutual effect of valley depth and honing angle. A numerical model is developed to predict friction within the cylinder ring-pack system in mixed lubrication regime and a morphological method is used to characterize groove depth. The results show the effect of different honing variables (rotation speed, stroke speed and indentation pressure) on cylinder bore surface textures and hydrodynamic friction of the ring-pack system.


2012 ◽  
Vol 533 ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Manzat ◽  
A. Killinger ◽  
R. Gadow

Rising demands for ecologically friendly automotive engines require a significant decrease in fuel consumption and emissions. Also the recent trend of downsizing engines demands for high performance materials for internal combustion engine applications. Tribologically functional coatings applied by supersonic flame spraying help in boosting the engine efficiency by reducing the internal friction and improving the durability and wear resistance of the cylinder running surface much-needed for engine downsizing tasks together with a high corrosion resistance enabling the use of bio fuels. In addition, the tailored surface topography of the thermal spray coatings help in supporting advantageous friction states and thereby show the benefit of reducing the oil consumption resulting in reduced emissions. The thermally sprayed coatings were applied using HVOF and HVSFS processes together with a specially designed spray gun trajectory in order to achieve a fast and cost efficient coating procedure. Several different coating materials, including novel nanostructured powders, have been investigated and compared to state-of-the-art cylinder liners. The performance of the coated cylinder liners regarding wear and corrosion resistance, friction coefficient and effects of the surface topography have been investigated in various test setups including engine tests.


Author(s):  
Feng Zhu ◽  
Jiujun Xu ◽  
Xiaoguang Han ◽  
Yan Shen ◽  
Mei Jin

Chromium plated cylinder has been wildly used in large bore diesel engines due to its light weight, good durability, and low induced liner wear. Deposits accumulated in the grooves and micro-crack on chromium plated cylinder could smooth the running surface, reduce the oil retention capability, and increase the engine’s oil consumption. In the present research, deposit formation on chromium-plated cylinder in fully formulated oil under different loads and temperatures was investigated by using a reciprocating sliding tester. Surface analytical techniques such as SEM, EDX, and XPS have been used to gain the knowledge about deposits’ origin, distribution, and factors affecting the deposit formation. The deposits are mainly derived from C, O, and S in the lubricating oil and anti-wear additive ZDDP (Zn and P). Deposits only accumulated in the depression (honing grooves and micro-cracks) on chromium plated cylinder surface, and there were no deposits found on the plateaus. The deposit formation increased with the increasing of load and temperature, and increased sharply over 60 MPa and 150℃. The deposit formation on liner surface was significantly different between chromium-plated coating and cast iron in component and distribution.


Author(s):  
Jeffrey Jocsak ◽  
Yong Li ◽  
Tian Tian ◽  
Victor W. Wong

Frictional losses in the piston ring-pack of an engine account for approximately 20% of the total frictional losses within an engine. Although many non-conventional cylinder liner finishes are now being developed to reduce friction and oil consumption, the effects of the surface finish on ring-pack performance is not well understood. The current study focuses on modeling the effects of three-dimensional cylinder liner surface anisotropy on piston ring-pack performance. A rough surface flow simulation program was developed to generate flow factors and shear stress factors for three-dimensional cylinder liner surface textures. Rough surface contact between the ring and liner was modeled using a previously published methodology for asperity contact pressure estimation between actual rough surfaces. The surface specific flow factors, shear stress factors, and asperity contact model were used in conjunction with MIT’s previously developed ring-pack simulation program to predict the effects of different surface textures on ring-pack behavior. Specific attention was given to the effect of honing groove cross-hatch angle on piston ring-pack friction in a stationary natural gas engine application, and adverse effects on engine oil consumption and durability were also briefly considered. The modeling results suggest that ring-pack friction reduction is possible if the liner honing cross hatch angle is decreased by reducing the feed-to-speed ratio of the honing tool. Reducing the cross-hatch angle increased oil flow blockage and increased the lubricant’s effective viscosity during mixed lubrication. This allowed more load to be supported by hydrodynamic pressure, reducing ring-pack friction. However, there appeared to be a potential for increased oil consumption and scuffing tendency corresponding to a decrease in honing cross-hatch angle.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-246
Author(s):  
Sunday Bako ◽  
Abdulkarim Nasir ◽  
Bori Ige ◽  
Nicholas Musa

The generating station in which diesel engine is used as a prime mover for generating electrical energy is known as diesel power plant. The cylinders liner are cylindrical component that are fixed inside the engine block. The function of the cylinder liners is to retain the working fluid and to guide the piston. Most diesel power plant uses wet-cylinder liners that are exposed to intensive cavitation. The paper aimed at studying the behavior of the cylinder liners that can lead to cavitation. The analysis involves, modeling and simulation in using Solidworks Software. The analysis shows that the cylinders are subjected to harmonic vibration resulting to momentary separation of the coolant from the cylinder wall, creating a pressure difference around the coolant surface which forms air bubbles. These bubbles explode at an extreme velocity. The explosion of these bubbles release surface energy known as cavitation. The energy hammers the cylinder liner surface thereby removing minute particles of metal from the surface of the vibrating cylinder leading to cavitational deterioration. The paper hereby calls on automotive designers to take critical measures in designing of; cylinder liner, water jacket and the entire cooling system, in order to control this phenomenon.


Author(s):  
Staffan Johansson ◽  
Per H. Nilsson ◽  
Robert Ohlsson ◽  
Cecilia Anderberg ◽  
Bengt-Go¨ran Rose´n

A decrease of oil consumption in the modern truck engine would mean decrease of particulate matter and hydrocarbon emissions. This decrease has a positive impact on the environment. One important source of oil consumption is the piston/piston-ring/liner system. One way of decreasing oil consumption is to optimize the surface topography of the liner. In this study different liner surfaces and different piston rings were investigated. The investigation shows that it is possible to decrease both the oil film thickness and the friction without sacrificing wear properties of the piston-liner system. A new surface parameter for quick wear estimation of this system is presented.


Author(s):  
N. Biboulet ◽  
P. Sainsot ◽  
A. A. Lubrecht

Energy savings and limited polluting emissions are crucial for the automotive industry. The micro-geometry of the cylinder-liner-piston-ring contact is studied. Functional parameters are analysed on liners at different number of fired cycles.


2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (10) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
D. G. Filatova ◽  
A. A. Arkhipenko ◽  
M. A. Statkus ◽  
V. V. Es’kina ◽  
V. B. Baranovskaya ◽  
...  

An approach to sorptive separation of Se (IV) from solutions on a novel S,N-containing sorbent with subsequent determination of the analyte in the sorbent phase by micro-x-ray fluorescence method is presented. The sorbent copolymethylenesulfide-N-alkyl-methylenamine (CMA) was synthesized using «snake in the cage» procedure and proven to be stable in acid solutions. Conditions for quantitative extraction of Se (IV) were determined: sorption in 5 M HCl or 0.05 M HNO3 solutions when heated to 60°C, phase contact time being 1 h. The residual selenium content in the solution was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) using 82Se isotope. The absence of selenium losses is proved and the mechanism of sorption interaction under specified conditions is proposed. The method of micro-x-ray fluorescence analysis (micro-RFA) with mapping revealed a uniform distribution of selenium on the sorbent surface. The possibility of determining selenium in the sorbent phase by micro-RFA is shown. When comparing the obtained results with the results of calculations by the method of fundamental parameters, it is shown the necessity of using standard samples of sorbates to obtain correct results of RFA determination of selenium in the sorbent phase.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3013
Author(s):  
Leszek Czechowski

The paper deals with an examination of the behaviour of glued Ti-Al column under compression at elevated temperature. The tests of compressed columns with initial load were performed at different temperatures to obtain their characteristics and the load-carrying capacity. The deformations of columns during tests were registered by employing non-contact Digital Image Correlation Aramis® System. The numerical computations based on finite element method by using two different discrete models were carried out to validate the empirical results. To solve the problems, true stress-logarithmic strain curves of one-directional tensile tests dependent on temperature both for considered metals and glue were implemented to software. Numerical estimations based on Green–Lagrange equations for large deflections and strains were conducted. The paper reveals the influence of temperature on the behaviour of compressed C-profile Ti-Al columns. It was verified how the load-carrying capacity of glued bi-metal column decreases with an increase in the temperature increment. The achieved maximum loads at temperature 200 °C dropped by 2.5 times related to maximum loads at ambient temperature.


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