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Integrated investigation of piston–cylinder impact-induced noise and passive control of the piston’s secondary motion using nonlinear absorbers
Although alternative power sources are getting well-established, transportation will remain primarily dependent on IC engines using fossil fuels for at least a few more decades. The IC engines typically employ reciprocating pistons to convert the combustion pressure into mechanical work required by the vehicle. Engine NVH issues make their appearance at the piston-cylinder interface in the form of impulsive vibration signals. The piezo-viscous nature of the lubricant at the piston-cylinder conjunction can change the dynamic response of the impacting structures. Much of the published research to date has excluded the elasto-hydrodynamic effects of the lubricant on piston impact noise. Even when these effects were studied, the research focus has been primarily on the tribology of the contact. Thus, an accurate methodology is required to identify and predict piston impact noise using real in-cylinder conditions, especially at the lubricated piston-cylinder conjunction. [Continues.]
Funding
EPSRC
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Publisher
Loughborough UniversityRights holder
© Nader DolatabadiPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2016Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en
Supervisor(s)
Stephanos Theodossiades ; Steve RothbergQualification name
- PhD
Qualification level
- Doctoral