Elements of lubricant transport critical to piston skirt lubrication and to leakage into the piston ring pack in internal combustion engines

With an influx of new propulsion technologies and increasingly stringent emission standards on the horizon, the internal combustion engine (ICE) faces more hurdles than ever before to remain competitive in a rapidly changing social and market environment. Due to the distinct advantages of the ICE—na...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahling, Sebastian Gerd
Other Authors: Tian, Tian
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139871