We investigated adiabatic changes in a near-critical fluid on acoustic time scales using an ultrasensitive interferometer. A sound emitted by very weak continuous heating caused a stepwise adiabatic change at its front with a density change of order 10(-7) g/cm(3) and a temperature change of order 10(-5) K. Very small heat inputs at a heater produced short acoustic pulses with width of order 10...

Thermal loading o f diesel engine pistons has increased dramatically in recent years due to applications of various technologies to meet low emission and high power requirements. Control of piston temperatures by cooling of these pistons has become one of the determining factors in a successful engine design. The pistons are cooled by oil jets fired at the underside from the crankcase. Any unde...

A running-in and starved lubrication experiment is designed to investigate the heavy-duty scuffing behavior of piston ring coatings against cast iron (Fe) cylinder liner using the piston ring reciprocating liner test rig. The scuffing resistance of the piston ring with the chromium-based ceramic composite coating (CKS), and that with the thermally sprayed nickel-chromium-molybdenum coating (NCM...

The research was carried out in order to develop a method for skipping fuel supplies (turning off individual piston strokes) at low frequencies of crankshaft rotations and partial engine operating modes with direct-acting supply systems increase efficiency. developed is easily implement using ring-type discharge valve electronic control. A made the form split elastic ring installed high-pressur...

This paper presents the design and simulation of a resonating free liquid-piston compressor (FLPC) equipped with a separated combustion chamber. The FLPC is a proposed device that utilizes combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel to compress air into a high-pressure supply tank, thus potentially serving as a portable power supply candidate for untethered pneumatic systems of human-scale power. The ener...

This paper presents a small wide-band loudspeaker. Particular efforts have been made to reduce the nonlinearities of the loudspeaker as much as possible. The motor structure is completely ironless, the elastomer suspensions are replaced by ferrofluid seals and a monobloc carbon foam piston substitutes the traditional conic membrane. The circular radiating surface, which is flat, has a diameter ...