Effect of piston texture at inclination and eccentricity work conditions on damping characteristics of a hydraulic shock absorber

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In order to accurately predict the damping characteristics of a hydraulic shock absorber under piston inclination and eccentricity conditions, especially, considering effects of piston surface construction. In present work, taking account of piston slight inclination and eccentricity, a more detailed mathematical model was developed to estimate effects of piston texture on damping characteristics. Based on the mathematical models of reservoir and compression stroke coupled with Reynolds equation, a new damping force model was developed, which analyzed effects of piston structure on damping characteristics. The mathematical models of piston texture, piston slight inclination, piston eccentricity and combinations of three cases are developed to analyzed in detailed effects of piston texture at different work conditions on damping characteristics. The results shown that the friction force of piston increases parabolically with increasing depth ratio, and that of piston increases linearly with increasing area ratio. Piston textures have little effects on damping characteristics at specific structural parameters conditions when piston normal operation, however, textures of slight inclined and eccentric piston have great effects. As a result, piston textures might cause high damping force, destroyed comfort and safety. Therefore, it is necessary that effects of piston surface construction were precisely predicted on damping characteristics under different work conditions. The results might provide a new insight for the design of hydraulic shock absorber and investigation of vehicle system dynamics.

Dual-tube hydraulic shock absorber has been widely used in automobile suspension and railway vehicle suspension system1,2 since the mature technology and moderate cost. The contemporary age, as for automobile and railway vehicle, comfort and safety are paid special attention while pursuing higher velocity. Dynamic damping characteristics of the hydraulic shock absorber have great impact on the dynamic performance of vehicles3,4. Dynamic damping characteristics depend on the structure of the shock absorber. However, the structures are designed by the traditional design method including experience, then revised and adjusted by repeating experiments. It will take a long period and high cost. The structures are also designed by numerical simulation method. It is precise, fast, and convenient. However, the shock absorber usually works under complex conditions. It is difficult to obtain precisely damping performance at different complex work conditions. Therefore, it is an important research focus to precisely predict the performance of shock absorber by numerical simulation method to design optimal structures suitable for complex working conditions.

Structures of the shock absorber have great impact on dynamic damping characteristics. Duym5,6 and Yung7 established detailed modeling including the internal structure and operation process, analyzed shock absorption performance on internal structure. Besinger8, Berger9 and Lion10 established rheological model including buffer, spring and friction, and analyzed the effect of structural parameters on the damping characteristics. Czop11 formulated, derived and validated the first-principle non-linear model, investigated structural vibrations on the dynamical interactions between mounting elements, valve systems and the hydraulic actuator of the shock absorber, and captured dynamical characteristic on a wide operating range. Zhang12 elaborated the working principle of membranous dual-cavity based on amplitude sensitive damper (MASD), its dynamic model was derived by combining first-principle modeling of hydraulic components and empirical modeling of membranous valve. At the same time, the influence of the piston and pattern valve construction was analyzed on the dynamic damping. Alireza Farjoud13 presented nonlinear model of monotube hydraulic dampers, and emphasis on detailed structure of shim stack and their effects on the overall damper performance. Zhou14 established mechanics model of flexible ring throttle-slice based on elastic mechanical principals. The effect of superposition throttle-slices thickness on throttle opening size was researched in depth. Wang15 established a new full-parameter model and revealed the nonlinear displacement dependent characteristics of a high-speed rail pantograph dampers. The damping characteristics are analyzed on the internal cross-sections and dimensions of the orifices in the rod by the full-parameter model. Farfan-Cabrera16 contributed review on the current state and future improvement trends for optimization of critical tribological components which used in vehicles, gave an understanding of the most recent achievements in terms of tribological solutions applied to the critical components. The friction between the piston and cylinder of the hydraulic shock absorber has a critical effect on damping characteristics of the shock absorber, which provides an important direction for the finer and more comprehensive modeling of the shock absorber. Ji17 and Zhang18 set up a model on the damping force which considering the friction between the piston and cylinder, analyzed the damping performance of shock absorber. But friction was calculated by a constant or empirical formula, which could not completely reflect the effect of piston structure (including piston surface morphology) on the damping characteristics of the shock absorber.

However, it is lubrication contact between the piston and cylinder of the shock absorber. the effect of surface structures is crucial to the friction performance of lubrication contacts. Especially, the Reynolds equation is widely used to solve friction analysis of the hydrodynamic sliding bearing19, the piston and cylinder of engine and hydraulic cylinder20,21,22, and effect of bearing surface and piston structure could be analyzed on friction in detailed. The condition and principle of dynamic lubrication between piston and cylinder of double-cylinder hydraulic shock absorber are the same as that of dynamic sliding bearing, piston and cylinder of engine and hydraulic cylinder. With the rapid development of vehicle and train, the velocity increases and become higher and higher, the comfort of vehicle and train system becomes more sensitive to parameter variations of component, especially effect of friction on piston surface. Thus, it is imperative to establish more accurate models on the damping characteristics to investigate effect of piston surface structure.

The work conditions of automobile and railway vehicle suspension system are complex and varied. The inclination and eccentricity of the piston are frequently caused under long-term and high-velocity operation, and have great effects on the damping characteristics, causing high damping force to destroy comfort and safety. Wang23 addressed a more subtle and comprehensive non-linear parametric model of a highspeed rail hydraulic yaw damper, which accurate and robust predicted the damping characteristics with extremely wide velocity range. Alonso24 dealt with the modelling of yaw dampers and determined the influence of the modelling of this component on the obtained results when predicting the dynamic stability of a vehicle. It was verified that the accurate modelling of the yaw damper is critical when dealing with the vehicle s dynamic performance. Huang25 set up simplified model of the yaw damper, analyzed its dynamic performance in the range of operating conditions, concluded that the great difference between dynamic and static conditions was caused by the internal damper flexibility under small amplitudes, causing the breakdown occurrence at special working condition or the long-term work. Sun26 studied distortion characteristics of the shock absorber based on the energy method, obtained that the anti-distortion ability of the shock absorber increases with increasing inflation pressure. The wedge gap between piston and cylinder is generated by inclined and eccentric piston under operating, which caused large friction. Especially, piston surface structure also has great effect on the shape of wedge gap under piston inclination and eccentricity condition, thereby affecting damping characteristics. However, the effects of piston texture on damping characteristics of hydraulic shock absorber under different work conditions are very crucial, which has not been investigated in detail.

In order to investigate the effects of piston surface structure on damping characteristics of shock absorber when the piston is inclined or eccentric, in present work, taking account of piston slight inclination and eccentricity, a more detailed mathematical model is developed to estimate the effect of piston texture on dynamic damping characteristics of shock absorbers. The current work demonstrates the following new contributions: (1) Based on the mathematical models of reservoir and compression stroke coupled with Reynolds equation, a new damping force model was developed, which analyzed effects of piston surface structure on damping characteristics. (2) Damping force was analyzed in detailed under different work conditions including piston texture, piston eccentricity with texture, piston inclination with texture and piston eccentricity plus inclination with texture. (3) With increasing depth ratio δ and area ratio Sp of piston texture, the increasing form of the friction force was investigated. The effect of cylindrical texture on friction force at piston normal operation or inclined and eccentric piston conditions was analyzed. As a result, the results of this study might provide a new insight for the design of hydraulic shock absorber and investigation of vehicle system dynamics.

Figure 1 shows the structural sketch of the double-cylinder hydraulic shock absorber, reflects the work process of extension stroke and compression stroke. The oil passes through the valve system during extension stroke and compression stroke, which produces damping force and reduces vibration energy. The double-cylinder hydraulic shock absorber absorbs the vibration energy.

Hydraulic shock absorber.

The oil passes through the constant orifice and piston gap when the extension valve is not opened. QT is the flow rate when the oil passes through the constant orifice of piston assembly. Qxl is the flow rate when the oil passes through the piston gap. QT and Qxl are expressed as follows:

where Cq is flow coefficient of the constant orifice of piston assembly, AT is total area of the constant orifice of piston assembly; \(\rho\) is oil density, dh is piston diameter; \(\mu\) is dynamic viscosity of the oil; Ly is axial width of piston; h is actual oil film thickness between piston and cylinder; P1 is the pressure of extension chamber and P2 is the pressure of compression chamber.

The total flow Qfh of oil from the extension chamber into the compression chamber is expressed as follows:

Total flow rate Qfh includes flow rate QT of the constant orifice of piston assembly, flow rate Qxl of the piston gap and flow rate Qf of the extension orifice when the extension valve is opened. As shown in Fig. 1c, flow rate Qf of the extension orifice includes flow rate Qfc of the extension throttle orifice and flow rate Qff of the circular slot. Qfc and Qff are in series, thus, Qfc = Qff.

where \(\varepsilon_{fc}\) is the flow coefficient of extension throttle orifice, Afc is the total area of extension valve orifice, rbf is the outside radius of extension valve plate and rkf is notch radius of the extension valve plate. \(\delta_{rf} = f_{rf} - f_{rf0}\),\(f_{rf}\) is deformation of extension valve and \(f_{rf0}\) is pre-deformation of extension valve.

Flow rate Qyc of the constant orifice of foot valve assembly and flow rate Qyb of check valve are expressed as follow:

where \(\varepsilon_{yc}\) is flow coefficient of the constant orifice of foot valve assembly, Ayc is the total area of the constant orifice of foot valve assembly, P3 is pressure in reservoir chamber, rbb is outside radius of check valve plate and rkb is notch radius of check valve plate.\(\delta_{yb} { = }f_{ry} - f_{ry0}\), \(f_{ry}\) is deformation of check valve and \(f_{ry0}\) is pro-deformation of check valve.

Deformation of valve plate is expressed as follows:

where hffp is the thickness of valve plate and Grffp is the coefficient of valve plate deformation.

Bending deflection of circular disc at arbitrary radius r14 is expressed as follows, and as shown in Fig. 2.

Deformation curve of valve plate.

When the extension valve is opened, the total flow rate Qfh of oil from the extension chamber into the compression chamber is expressed as follows:

Total flow rate Qyd of oil from reservoir chamber to compression chamber is expressed as follows:

Assuming the gas of the reservoir chamber is ideal gas, and the expression can be given as:

where V0 is initial volume of the gases in the reservoir chamber, P30 is initial pressure of the gases in the reservoir chamber, V(t) is the volume of the gases in the reservoir chamber, Y is the relative displacement of piston and Ag is the section area of piston rod.

Assuming sinusoidal excitation is applied to the shock absorber, the relative displacement of the piston is expressed as follows:

The compression stroke is similar to the extension stroke, thus work of compression stroke is not duplicated. The extension chamber pressure P1, the compression chamber pressure P2 and the reservoir chamber pressure P3 are obtained by relationship (13) between oil flow rate passing through the piston assembly and foot valve assembly and piston velocity during extension stroke and compression stroke.

where U is the piston velocity, Ah is cross section area of piston and Qyh is the total flow of oil from the compression chamber into the extension chamber.

For a piston of shock absorber under stable working conditions, the two-dimensional Reynolds equation can be expressed in the following form19:

where p is the oil film pressure at a specific point on the piston surface.

The expression of actual oil film thickness h between piston and cylinder can be obtained as follows:

where h0 is initial oil film thickness between piston and cylinder and hpi is oil film thickness on outer surface of piston under different cases.

Piston surface has regular shallow texture since machining tolerance and machining precision. Assuming the cylindrical textures are evenly distributed over the piston surface. Figure 3a,b shows schematic of piston textures. Considering piston eccentricity and inclination, Fig. 4 shows schematic of piston textures and the schematic of piston eccentricity and inclination. Figure 5 shows distribution of oil film thickness on the outer surface of the piston under different cases: cylindrical texture (Fig. 5a), piston eccentricity vs. piston eccentricity with texture (Fig. 5b vs. Fig. 5c), piston inclination vs. piston inclination with texture (Fig. 5d vs. Fig. 5e), and piston eccentricity plus inclination vs. piston eccentricity plus inclination with texture (Fig. 5f vs. Fig. 5g). Their oil film thickness hpi21,27 under different cases are expressed as follows:

Schematic of piston texture.

Schematic piston eccentricity and inclination.

Distribution of oil film thickness on the outer surface of the piston under different cases.

where e is the eccentricity of central section of piston, θ is the angular coordinate starting from the z axis, φ is the angle between OE2 and the z axis, γ is angle of the piston inclination and β is the angle between OE2 and E1E3.

The flow field between piston and cylinder is a convergent lubrication gap, the Reynolds boundary is applied in the piston modelling process. The effect of cavitation is not included in the analysis, either in terms of the single-phase analysis used or in the application of the boundary conditions, which is considered in the analysis of the piston20,21. P0 is the atmosphere pressure. The boundary conditions are expressed as follows:

The work process of hydraulic shock absorber is a complex nonlinear fluid system. Damping characteristics of the shock absorber are affected by many factors including temperature, oil properties and assembly accuracy of each component, and so on. Some factors are ignored in the detailed mathematical model of investigating damping characteristics, including oil temperature, cavitation, gas, oil compressibility, oil density variation. A set of assumptions are shown as follow:

Assuming the solubility of the gas in the oil is ignored, gas does not dissolve in oil. Cavitation also is ignored.

Assuming oil temperature is fully dissipated during the shock absorber operation. Oil temperature remains constant. Temperature variation characteristics of oil are ignored. Oil viscosity remains constant. The environment temperature is 20 °C. Assuming the oil temperature and environment temperature are same.

Assuming the oil is incompressible. The oil will not vaporize due to temperature.

Assuming the gas of the reservoir chamber is ideal gas, its pressure and volume change in accordance with the laws of thermodynamics.

Assuming the oil pressure in each work chamber of the shock absorber is equal, and the pressure varies continuously with the reciprocating motion of the piston in the chamber.

All parts of the shock absorber are well assembled.

In the xOy plane, the piston surface is meshed into m and n grids along the x and y directions. The five-point difference method is used to discrete Eq. (17). The symmetric successive over relaxation (SSOR) method is used to solve the discrete algebraic equation and the pressure p is obtained.

Load capacity

The calculated oil film pressure p is numerically integrated in the whole fluid domain along the x and y directions, and the load capacities WN can be obtained as follows:

Friction force

The calculation of the friction force on the piston is as follows:

The dynamic damping characteristics of the shock absorber are mainly determined by the damping force Ff: The damping force Ff is expressed as follows:

where Ah is cross section of the piston, Ag is the section area of piston rod, Ffoil is film friction force.

The oil film pressures on the outer surface of the piston are calculated under seven different cases of Fig. 5 by solving Reynolds Eq. (17). The pressures distribution on the outer surface of the piston can be obtained in Fig. 6. As a result, the change trend of oil film pressure p and that of actual oil film thickness h are consistent. The high oil film pressures between the piston and the cylinder are induced by increasing or decreasing oil film thickness (forming wedge gap) since wedge effect and extrusion effect. Thus, the friction force Ffoil of oil film is generated when piston moves.

Distribution of pressure on the outer surface of the piston under different cases.

The parameters of numerical simulation were provided in the Table 1 and as follow:

As shown in Fig. 7, damping force–displacement loop and damping force–velocity characteristic curve show effects of damping. Maximum damping force Ff is 5559 N.

Simulation results of damping characteristic.

The depth ratio δ is defined by ratio of texture depth hp to initial oil film thickness h0 (δ = hp/h0). The friction forces Ffoil of the cylindrical textured piston are shown by simulating with different depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14 in Fig. 8a. The film friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical texture increases with increasing depth ratio δ. The friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured piston is 38 N at depth ratio δ of 0.14. The friction force Ffoil and depth ratio δ shows parabolic curve relationship with increasing depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14. However, as shown in Fig. 8b–e, the effect of friction force Ffoil since the cylindrical texture on the damping characteristics can be neglected, which is consistent with the results in literature17. It also can be seen that the damping force Ff (5600 N) of the shock absorber with cylindrical textured piston increases by 0.74% when depth ratio δ increases to 0.14.

Effect of the depth ratio δ of cylindrical texture on damping characteristic.

Effect of the depth ratio δ of cylindrical texture at the condition of inclined piston on damping characteristic.

Piston is eccentric, the eccentricity e of the central section of the piston is 0.6h0. The friction force Ffoil of the eccentric piston and the cylindrical textured eccentric piston are shown by simulating with depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14 in Fig. 10a, the difference ΔFfoil of friction force of the cylindrical texture eccentric piston and eccentric piston is shown in Fig. 10b. The friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical texture eccentric piston increases with increasing depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14. The friction force Ffoil and depth ratio δ shows parabolic curve relationship with increasing depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14. Compared with friction force Ffoil of eccentric piston (625.8 N), when depth ratio δ is increased to 0.14, the friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured eccentric piston (810.3 N) greatly increases by 29.48%. In Fig. 10c–f, compared with the damping force Ff of eccentric piston (6185 N), when depth ratio δ is increased to 0.14, the damping force Ff the cylindrical textured eccentric piston (6347 N) greatly increases by 0.27%. As shown in Fig. 10e, the area of damping force–displacement loop slightly increases with increasing depth ratio δ. Thus, effect of the cylindrical textured at eccentric piston condition on damping force can be neglected. Compared with the damping force Ff of piston (5559 N), when depth ratio δ is increased to 0.14 and the eccentricity e is 0.6h0, the damping force Ff of the cylindrical textured eccentric piston (6185 N) greatly increases by 11.26%. As a result, the friction force since the cylindrical texture eccentric piston has great effects on damping characteristics, as shown in Figs. 7c and 10c,d.

Effect of the depth ratio δ of cylindrical texture at the condition of eccentric piston on damping characteristic.

Piston is inclined and eccentric. The friction force Ffoil of the inclined and eccentric piston and the cylindrical textured inclined and eccentric piston are shown by simulating with the depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14 in Fig. 11a. The difference ΔFfoil of friction force of the cylindrical texture inclined and eccentric piston and inclined and eccentric piston is shown in Fig. 11b. The friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical texture inclined and eccentric piston increases with increasing the depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14. The friction force Ffoil and depth ratio δ shows parabolic curve relationship with increasing depth ratio δ from 0.01 to 0.14. Compared with friction force Ffoil of inclined and eccentric piston (930.3 N), when the depth ratio δ is increased to 0.14, the friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured inclined and eccentric piston (1682 N) greatly increases by 80.8%. As a result, the cylindrical texture under inclined and eccentric piston condition has great effects on the friction force Ffoil. As shown in Fig. 11c,d, Compared with the damping force Ff of inclined and eccentric piston (6496 N), when the depth ratio δ is increased to 0.14, the damping force Ff the cylindrical textured inclined and eccentric piston (7123 N) greatly increases by 9.65%. Therefore, it is worth noting that the piston eccentricity plus inclination with cylindrical texture has great effect on damping force. As shown in Fig. 11e,f, the area of damping force–displacement loop increases with increasing depth ratio δ. As shown in Figs. 7 and 11c,d, taking the damping force Ff of piston (5559 N) as the baseline value, when depth ratio δ is increased to 0.14 and the eccentricity e is 0.6h0, the damping force Ff of the cylindrical textured inclined and eccentric piston (7123 N) greatly increases by 28.13%. As shown in Figs. 9c,d, 10c,d and 11c,d, it can be concluded that, compared with inclined piston with cylindrical texture or eccentric piston with cylindrical texture, the damping force Ff of the inclined and eccentric pistion with cylindrical textured not only is greater, but also is greater than combination of two situations.

Effect of the depth ratio δ of cylindrical texture at the condition of inclined and eccentric piston on damping characteristic.

The area ratio is defined as \(S_{p} = \frac{{4n\pi R_{p}^{2} }}{{{2}\pi RL_{y} }}\),where n is the number of textures (n = 16), Rp is radius of cylinder texture, R is radius of piston. The friction forces Ffoil of the cylindrical textured piston is shown by simulating with different area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18 in Fig. 12. The film friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical texture increases with increasing area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18, and the friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured piston is 23.8 N at area ratios Sp of 0.18. Ffoil-Sp curve is approximately linear. However, the effect of friction force since the cylindrical texture on the damping characteristics can be neglected, which is consistent with the results in literature17.

Effect of the area ratio Sp of cylindrical texture on friction forces.

The piston is inclined at an angle of 7.15 × 10–4 rad, the angle β between OE2 and E1 E3 is \(\frac{\pi }{{2}}\) rad, the angle φ between OE2 and Z axis is \(\frac{\pi }{{2}}\) rad. The friction force Ffoil of the inclined piston and the cylindrical textured inclined piston are shown by simulating with different area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18 in Fig. 13a, the difference ΔFfoil of friction force of the inclined piston and the cylindrical texture inclined piston is shown in Fig. 13b. The friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical texture inclined piston increases with increasing area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18, and the friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured inclined piston is higher than that of the inclined piston. Ffoil-Sp curves are approximately linear. Compared with friction force Ffoil of inclined piston (101.2 N), when area ratios Sp is increased to 0.18, the friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured inclined piston (154.1 N) greatly increases by 52.27%. The cylindrical textured at inclined piston condition has great effects on friction force. When piston is eccentric, the eccentricity e of the central section of the piston is 0.6h0. The friction force Ffoil of the eccentric piston and the cylindrical textured eccentric piston are shown by simulating with different area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18 in Fig. 13c, the difference ΔFfoil of friction force of the cylindrical texture eccentric piston and eccentric piston is shown in Fig. 13d. The friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical texture eccentric piston increases with increasing area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18. Ffoil- Sp curves are approximately linear. Compared with friction force Ffoil of eccentric piston (625.8 N), when area ratios Sp is increased to 0.18, the friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured eccentric piston (766.4 N) greatly increases by 22.47%. Thus, the cylindrical textured at eccentric piston condition has great effects on friction force. When piston is inclined and eccentric, the friction force Ffoil of the inclined and eccentric piston and the cylindrical textured inclined and eccentric piston are shown by simulating with different area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18 in Fig. 13e, the difference ΔFfoil of friction force of the cylindrical texture inclined and eccentric piston and inclined and eccentric piston is shown in Fig. 13f. The friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical texture inclined and eccentric piston increases with increasing area ratios Sp from 0.0003 to 0.18. Ffoil- Sp curves are approximately linear. Compared with friction force Ffoil of inclined and eccentric piston (930.3 N), when area ratios Sp is increased to 0.18, the friction force Ffoil of the cylindrical textured inclined and eccentric piston (1439 N) greatly increases by 54.68%. As a result, the cylindrical texture at inclined and eccentric piston condition has great effects on the friction force Ffoil.

Effect of the area ratio Sp of cylindrical texture at different conditions on friction forces.

As a result, the results of this study might provide a new insight for the design of hydraulic shock absorber and investigation of vehicle system dynamics. Since the upstream and downstream of the piston may change frequently due to the reciprocating motion of the piston, it is necessary to consider the flow conservation law of the lubricant including the cavitation region. Cavitation has great effects on damping characteristics. The disadvantages of these theoretical studies also include the lack of changes in thermophysical properties, primarily the coefficient of dynamic viscosity, from temperature, as well as the determination of temperature changes in the working cavities of the shock absorber. However, it is regrettable that their effects are ignored in this research. The future works should be committed to develop a detail model including oil temperature and cavitation to analyzed more detailed damping characteristics.

In present work, a more detailed mathematical model was developed to estimate the effects of piston texture on damping characteristics of shock absorbers, which taking account of piston slight inclination and eccentricity, and depth ratio δ of piston texture and area ratio Sp of piston texture on friction force and damping characteristics at piston slight inclination and eccentricity conditions were analyzed in detail. The conclusions of current work can be drawn as follow:

Based on the mathematical models of reservoir and compression stroke coupled with Reynolds equation, a new damping force model is developed. The mathematical models of piston texture, piston slight inclination, piston eccentricity and combinations of three cases in turn are developed.

The cylindrical texture of piston has great effects on the friction force at three different conditions. The friction force of piston increases parabolically with increasing depth ratio δ of piston texture, and that of piston increases linearly with increasing area ratio Sp of piston texture.

The cylindrical texture of piston has little effects on damping characteristics at specific structural parameters condition when piston normal operates. The cylindrical texture of piston has great effects on damping characteristics at piston eccentricity and incline condition. The damping force Ff of the cylindrical textured inclined and eccentric piston might greatly increases under certain parameters.

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Y.Y. developed the shock absorber models with textures and conducted the analyses; S.M. wrote the paper; J.Z. contributed analysis tools; X.M. developed the baseline shock absorber model; D.W. revised the paper.

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Yu, Y., Zhang, J., Meng, X. et al. Effect of piston texture at inclination and eccentricity work conditions on damping characteristics of a hydraulic shock absorber. Sci Rep 12, 9807 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13721-0

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