DESIGN OF ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEMS

This article describes the British Perkins Engines' work on designing the future diesel engine: 700 specialists are working on this with the help of the Engineering Department's own computer, the company's main frame 370/168 IBM and access to a Honeywell MK3 Geisco System in the USA. Part of a study aimed at improved energy conservation through the production of more efficient engines, is that of optimizing lubrication by both considering improved-lubricants and obtaining a better understanding of the lubrication system. A program has been developed to model the entire oil circulation system of a high speed diesel engine and this program can predict flow in both steady-state and transient conditions.

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    Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited

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    Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6BW,   England 
  • Authors:
    • FENTON, J
  • Publication Date: 1984-2

Media Info

  • Features: Figures;
  • Pagination: p. 24-25
  • Serial:
    • AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER
    • Volume: 9
    • Issue Number: 1
    • Publisher: Institution of Mechanical Engineers
    • ISSN: 0307-6490

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00390899
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 906
  • Files: HSL, USDOT
  • Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM