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In order to accurately estimate the temperature reached in the cylinder block and cylinder head gasket of an internal combustion engine, an experimental investigation of the thermal contact resistance (TCR) across cylinder head gasket is performed. TCR has been calculated for contact pressure up to 42 MPa which corresponds to the clamping pressure of the gasket. Different sections (inter-cylinders, oil, and water ribs) with different law behavior have been retained. The temperature evolution has been recorded using thermocouples immerged in the measurement device. The heat flux has been calculated using this temperature evolution. The TCR has been deduced using Fourier law. Results show that the TCR decreases with increasing the load and tends toward a constant value for various sections of the gasket. In addition, TCR values are more important for the inter-cylinder’s section which will result in greater values of temperature near inter-cylinder’s section on the cylinder block.
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Belghith, S., Mezlini, S., Belhadj Salah, H. (2018). Measurement of Thermal Contact Resistance Across Cylinder Head Gasket. In: Haddar, M., Chaari, F., Benamara, A., Chouchane, M., Karra, C., Aifaoui, N. (eds) Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems—III. CMSM 2017. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66697-6_67
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