Automotive Engine Valve Recession

Citation

(2002), "Automotive Engine Valve Recession", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 54 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilt.2002.01854bae.001

Automotive Engine Valve Recession

Keywords: Engines, Valves

Professional Engineering Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of a new book, "Automotive Engine Valve Recession".

Valve wear and its effect upon engine performance still presents a major challenge to the tribologist. Although new valve materials and production techniques are constantly being developed, these advances have been outpaced by demands for increased engine performance. The drive for reduced oil consumption and exhaust emissions, use of lead-replacement and low-sulphur fuels, and the introduction of alternative fuels such as gas all have implications for valve and seat insert wear.

"Automotive Engine Valve Recession" aims to provide the reader with a complete understanding of valve recession. The fundamental nature of contact and wear between valves and valve seats is considered, followed by an outline of the essential features of valve operation and the potentially serious problems associated with wear and valve recession in automobile engines. An overview is then given of an experimental study of valve wear and the development of special apparatus for the simulation of engine operating conditions carried out in the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK.

This latest volume represents a valuable addition to the Engineering Research Series. It will be of particular interest to students of wear, designers, and manufacturers of reciprocating engines, valve train specialists, and tribologists.

The Authors:

Dr Roger Lewis gained his PhD on the wear of diesel engine valves and seat inserts from the University of Sheffield, UK, where he is now a research associate. He is currently working on railway wheel wear as part of a European project concerned with the design of a new hybrid wheel. He is also involved in as a Unilever-funded project to investigate the interaction of abrasive particles and toothbrush filaments in a teeth-cleaning contact.

Dr Rob S Dwyer-Joyce is senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is well respected in the field of tribology and is widely published in this area. His research group has pioneered the use of ultrasound to look at dry and lubricated engineering contacts, studied wear and fatigue of railway wheels and track, and investigated aspects of automotive engine wear. He also teaches a course on the Tribology of Machine Elements to undergraduate engineering students.

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