Visualization Study on Lubricant Oil Film Behavior around Piston Skirt

2011-01-2119

08/30/2011

Event
SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting
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Understanding of the oil film formation mechanism around a piston skirt is very important to reduce the friction loss at piston skirt. We have investigated lubricant oil film behavior around piston skirt which is affected by piston slap under motoring condition. In this study, a cylinder liner of a commercial engine is displaced with a quartz cylinder. Photographic observations of oil film behavior between the cylinder liner and the piston skirt were performed with two kinds of methods; direct monochromatic photography and LIF (Laser Induced Fluorescence) image using a high speed camera. The oil film distributions were determined from oil boundary observed by the direct photography, and oil film thickness was estimated from the LIF intensity. Differences of the oil film distributions and the oil film thickness depending on piston shapes were investigated for four types of pistons. It was concluded that V-cut ditch grooved at the top of the piston skirt affected inclined motion of a piston and barrel profile affected both inclined motion and eccentric motion of a piston to thrust side.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2011-01-2119
Pages
7
Citation
Ohsawa, K., Kiyama, S., Nakamura, Y., Ochiai, Y. et al., "Visualization Study on Lubricant Oil Film Behavior around Piston Skirt," SAE Technical Paper 2011-01-2119, 2011, https://doi.org/10.4271/2011-01-2119.
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Published
Aug 30, 2011
Product Code
2011-01-2119
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English