Characterization of cylinder liner by image analysis

Abstract: The cylinder liners surface is of major importance in an engine since it interacts with the piston rings and creates a tribologic system. This tribologic system has to be qualified and controlled in order to understand and control wear, oil consumption and shelf life. In this purpose, a program has been created in order to analyze SEM pictures and from them qualify the surface. The aim of the project presented here has been to improve the preliminary steps leading to the image computation by standardizing the picture acquisition and improve the image filtering.