Friction loss occurring between a piston ring and a cylinder liner is most of thai in an internal combustion engine. Recently, the surface texturing technique to generate micro-dimples on a cylinder liner has been used in order to decrease friction lo...
Friction loss occurring between a piston ring and a cylinder liner is most of thai in an internal combustion engine. Recently, the surface texturing technique to generate micro-dimples on a cylinder liner has been used in order to decrease friction loss and increase the efficiency of an engine. In this study, the effect of micro-dimples on the hydrodynamic lubrication characteristics between a piston ring and a micro-dimpled cylinder liner is analyzed numerically. Elrod's cavitation algorithm which implements JFO oil rupture / reformation boundary condition is adopted in order to predict the cavitation region and calculate the pressure distribution between a piston ring and a micro-dimpled cylinder liner. The depth, radius and gap of micro-dimples are considered as design parameters, and the analysis is carried out by varying those. The result shows that micro-dimples can make the minimum film thickness during the full engine cycle increase and friction loss decrease in comparison with a non-textured cylinder liner.