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TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 583-588Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/05698190500313544
Keywords
automotive; friction; piston rings; surface texturing; testing
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An experimental study is presented to evaluate the effect of partial laser surface texturing (LST) oil friction reduction in piston rings. In a previous study, 30% friction reduction was obtained with full LST where the full width of the pistol ring is textured with a very large number of microdimples that act individually as microhydrodynamic bearings. In partial LST, only a portion of the piston-ring width is textured with high dimple density, producing a collective effect of the dimples that provides an equivalent converging clearance even with nominally parallel mating surfaces. Experimental results obtained with flat and parallel test specimens with partial LST are presented, confirming a previously published theoretical model and the advantage of partial over full LST Friction reduction by LST with actual production-crowned piston rings and cylinder liner segments is not straightforward and needs further investigation.
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