The oil cooling gallery is arranged at the top of the piston, which can effectively reduce the heat load of the piston. In this paper, finite element analysis and fatigue analysis by FE-safe are used to calculate the effects of the different positions of the oil cooling gallery to the temperature, stress field and the fatigue strength of the bowl rim, top land, first ring groove, second land an...

A wet-plate clutch (Fig. 1) is a mechanical device that transmits torque from its input axis to its output axis by means of friction. The input axis of the clutch is connected to a drum, which is a hollow cylinder with grooves on the inside. A first set of friction plates (clutch plates) with external toothing that can slide in those grooves are pressed against a second set of friction plates (...

This paper gives a new approach for modeling the fluid-structure interaction of servovalve component-actuator. The analyzed valve is a precision flow control valve-jet pipe electrohydraulic servovalve. The positioning of an actuator depends upon the flow rate from control ports, in turn depends on the spool position. Theoretical investigation is made for No-load condition and Load condition for...

We study the Casimir piston for massless scalar fields obeying Dirichlet boundary conditions in a three dimensional cavity with sides of arbitrary lengths a, b and c where a is the plate separation. We obtain an exact expression for the Casimir force on the piston valid for any values of the three lengths. As in the electromagnetic case with perfect conductor conditions, we find that the Casimi...

A Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) that incorporates a closed-loop controlled, electrothermally actuated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) micromirror is proposed and experimentally verified. The scan range and the tilting angle of the mirror plate are the two critical parameters for MEMS-based FTS. In this work, the MEMS mirror with a footprint of 4.3 mm × 3.1 mm is based on a modified...

Piston engines are effective solution for providing general aviation aircrafts with a small power at acceptable operating and maintenance costs. However, they lack the reliability of turbine engines. Graphic engine monitors may increase operational reliability of piston engines by providing necessary data for the proper engine operation and maintenance. They display and record numerous engine p...

Piston-stapedotomy is the most common method for hearing restoration in patients with otosclerosis. In this study, we have experimentally examined a prototype of a new chamber stapes prosthesis. The prototype was implanted in a human cadaver temporal bone. The round window vibrations before and after implantation were measured for the acoustic signal (90 dB SPL, 0.8-8 kHz) in the external audit...

Power output (P), thermal efficiency (η) and ecological function (E) characteristics of an endoreversible Dual-Miller cycle (DMC) with finite speed of the piston and finite rate of heat transfer are investigated by applying finite time thermodynamic (FTT) theory. The parameter expressions of the non-dimensional power output (P), η and non-dimensional ecological function (E) are derived. The rel...

It was shown that the mode of vibration of the stapes has a predominant piston component but rotations producing tilt of the footplate are also present. Tilt and piston components vary with frequency. Separately it was shown that the pressure gain between ear canal and scala vestibuli was a remarkably flat and smooth function of frequency. Is tilt functional contributing to the pressure in the ...

As worldwide automotive ownership is set to exceed 2 billion vehicles by 2030 [1], environmental and economical pressures on the automotive industry mean there is a trend to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions whilst simultaneously improving fuel economy. The use of electrical hybrid, start-stop idling and materials light-weighting are some of the technological solutions which can offer eff...