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An analytical method developed for determining the bore wear pattern for a reciprocating piston engine over a complete running cycle is presented. The method includes the considerations of the hydrodynamic lubrication theory between the ring and the cylinder bore wall, piston ring geometric and elastic characteristics, blowby through the piston ring pack, minimum film thickness permitting film lubrication, piston side thrust load and Archard’s wear relation. Since the method is general, it also can be applied to other reciprocating piston devices, such as gas compressor, Rankine cycle engine or Stirling engine. Wear factor data, however, must be available in order to make quantitative predictions of wear. The verification of the present theory is given in a subsequent paper (Part II) which shows good agreement between the predicted bore wear curves and measured ones for actual engines.

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Density functional theory calculations predict the surface segregation of Cu in the second atomic layer of Pd which has not been unambiguously confirmed by experiment so far. We report measurements on Pd surfaces covered with three and six monolayers of Cu using element selective positron-annihilation-induced Auger electron spectroscopy (PAES) which is sensitive to the topmost atomic layer. Moreover, time-resolved PAES, which was applied for the first time, enables the investigation of the dynamics of surface atoms and hence the observation of the segregation process. The time constant for segregation was experimentally determined to τ=1.38(0.21)  h, and the final segregated configuration was found to be consistent with calculations. Time-dependent PAES is demonstrated to be a novel element selective technique applicable for the investigation of, e.g., heterogeneous catalysis, corrosion, or surface alloying.