TY - JOUR N2 - An alternative FEM algorithm of fi nding piston ring pressure distribution to a contact simulation is introduced. The method is basing on an analytical determining of required nodal displacement boundary conditions. Its several confi gurations are tested using APDL and compared to a no-separation contact simulation of a simple 2D fi nite element model of a two-stroke piston ring made of Titanium alloy. Each of the methods tested in the paper brings displacement result and Huber-Misses equivalent stresses close to each other. However, only one of those brings resulting contact pressure close to a no-separation contact simulation. Nonetheless, the obtained confi guration occurred to be less computationally effi cient than no- separation contact simulation performed in an ANSYS software. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108396/PDF-MASTER/4_Kaliszewski.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108396 PY - 2016 IS - No 4 KW - Finite Element Method KW - alternative algorithm to contact simulation KW - pressure distribution KW - APDL KW - two-stroke piston ring A1 - Kaliszewski, Marcin A1 - Mazuro, Paweł PB - The Lublin Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 16 DA - 2016 T1 - Alternative FEM Algorithm of Determining Piston Ring Pressure Distribution on a Cylinder to a Contact Simulation UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/108396 T2 - Teka Commission of Motorization and Power Industry in Agriculture ER -