Modeling piston-ring dynamics, blowby, and ring-twist effects
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Sloan Automotive Lab.
A ring-dynamics and gas-flow model has been developed to study ring/groove contact, blowby, and the influence of ring static twist, keystone ring/groove configurations, and other piston and ring parameters. The model is developed for a ring pack with three rings. The dynamics of the top two rings and the gas pressures in the regions above the oil control ring are simulated. Distributions of oil film thickness and surface roughness on the groove and ring surfaces are assumed in the model to calculate the forces generated by the ring/groove contact. Ring static and dynamic twists are considered as well as different keystone ring/groove configurations. Ring dynamics and gas flows are coupled in the formulation and an implicit scheme is implemented, enabling the model to resolve detailed events such as ring flutter. Studies on a spark ignition engine found that static twist or, more generally speaking, the relative angle between rings and their grooves, has great influence on ring/groove contact characteristics, ring stability, and blowby. Ring flutter is found to occur for the second ring with a negative static twist under normal operating conditions and for the top ring with a negative static twist under high-speed/low-load operating conditions. Studies on a diesel engine show that different keystone ring/groove configurations result in different twist behaviors of the ring that may affect the wear pattern of the keystone ring running surfaces.
- OSTI ID:
- 541030
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9610275-; ISBN 0-7918-1516-1; TRN: IM9747%%136
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 18. annual fall technical conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division, Fairborn, OH (United States), 20-23 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Tribology and lubrication: Volume 2. Proceedings of the 18. annual fall technical conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division; ICE-Volume 27-2; Caton, J.A. [ed.] [Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)]; PB: 102 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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