VOLUME RELATIONSHIP OF A DIAMOND SHAPED PISTON RELATIVE TO A CONVENTIONAL PISTON FOR THE SAME LINEAR TRAVEL 160 140 14 99.98 13 98.79 12 120 96 11 91.87 100 80 9 8 73.32 7 10 80.37 86.6 6 60 5 48.41 4 65.57 57.24 40 3 29.66 2 39.19 20 19.9 1 0 9.99 0 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 DIAMOND SHAPED PISTON VOLUME CHANGE (CUBIC INCHES) ALL FOUR WALLS ARE 10" X 1" 13.299 CONVENTIONAL PISTON VOLUME CHANGE (CUBIC INCHES) BOUNDARY FACE IS 10 SQUARE INCHES EXAMPLE: Through 4" of travel, the diamond shaped piston would only require 39.19 cubic inches of fluid to displace 40 cubic inches of fluid from a conventional piston. LINEAR INCHES OF TRAVEL FOR BOTH THE DIAMOND SHAPED PISTON AND THE CONVENTIONAL PISTON.
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