Using the temperatures of piston, ring and liner measured by means of thermocouples, some heat resistances between the ring-land and the ring R
p, the ring itself R
r, and between the ring and the cylinder-liner R
l were calculated and examined separately. As a result, the following facts were found. (1) R
p in the running condition is nearly equal to that value, which has been reported, as the contact resistance, when the metals are brought into static contact with each other. (2) R
p is hardly affected by the kind of piston metals and also the engine load. (3) R
l depends mainly upon the thickness of oil film formed on the ring surface. As the ring temperature rises with the increase of engine load, the film becomes thin and then R
l decreases. (4) Since the values of R
r and R
l are very smaller than that of R
p, the total heat resistance in such a heat transmisson process seems to be almost governed by R
p only.
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