Investigating the Tribological Behavior of Diesel-biodiesel Blends with Nanoparticle Additives under Short-term Tests

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

Hossein Khorshidnia ¹ , Alireza Shirneshan ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran Aerospace and Energy Conversion Research Center, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

Received: 2019-02-13 Accepted : 2019-08-16 Published : 2019-09-01

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