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Old 12-20-2005, 07:45 PM
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Re: Surface to volume ratio and its affect on thermal effecency

Well, all other factors the same, reducing the stroke by 10% not only would reduce the friction surface by 10%, you also slow the piston speed which further reduces friction by the square root of delta speed.
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