...Bifeng Yin; Xuefeng Wang; Bo Xu; Gongyin Huang; Xin Kuang Purpose The purpose of this paper was to improve the frictional wear resistance properties of piston skirts caused by the low viscosity lubricant by studying the tribological performance of three novel coating materials. Design...

...Ridha Mazouzi; Ahmed Kellaci; Abdelkader Karas Purpose – This paper aims to study the effect of piston skirt design parameters on the dynamic characteristics of a piston–cylinder contact. Design/methodology/pproach – This paper focuses on an analysis of the piston dynamic response. The oil...