Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 75 Issue 8

Effect of droplet size on the film formation of O/W emulsion

Yuan Liu, Chang Dong, Xianzhang Wang, Xiao Sang, Liran Ma, Xuefeng Xu, Yu Tian

The purpose of this study is to reveal the underlying mechanism in film formation of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion.

Effect of composite surface treatments on wear performance of Al-Si alloy cylinder liner

Xinyan Bian, Xiaoguang Han, Jiamei Luo, Chengdi Li, Mingxing Hao

The purpose of this study is to prolong the service life of the Al–Si alloy cylinder and achieve the objective of energy saving and emission reduction by the composite treatments.

Dynamics modeling and simulation analysis of wet clutch considering spline pair

Yinkai Niu, Heyun Bao, Wei Huang, Wuzhong Tan, Rupeng Zhu

During the operation of a wet clutch, there are fluctuations in speed and torque, which have an impact on the stability of the clutch and the strength of the friction plate and…

A new fault diagnosis of rolling bearing based on phase-space reconstruction and convolutional neural network

Mengjiao Wang, Liting Ding

To solve the problem that the traditional methods miss key information in the process of bearing fault identification, this paper aims to apply the phase-space reconstruction…

Review of tribological properties of polyimide-based composite materials

Jiayuan Yan, Xiaoliang Zhang, Yanming Wang

As a high-performance engineering plastic, polyimide (PI) is widely used in the aerospace, electronics and automotive industries. This paper aims to review the latest progress in…

Fractal model of thermal contact conductance of rough surfaces considering substrate deformation

Xianguang Sun

The purpose of this study is to propose a fractal model of thermal contact conductance (TCC) of rough surfaces considering substrate deformation. Three deformation modes of the…

Experimental study on the effect of solid lubricants on wheel rail contact wear and surface hardness evolution

Peiwen Sun, Jianwei Yang, AiHua Zhu, Zhongshuo Hu, Jinhai Wang, Fu Liu, Xiaohui Wang

The CL60 steel wheels of subway vehicles operating on specific lines require frequent refurbishment due to rapid wear and tear. Considering this issue, MoS₂-based and…

Integration of a gas pressure chamber on a reciprocal tribometer for experiments at ambient pressures up to 10 bar

Florian Ausserer, Igor Velkavrh, Fevzi Kafexhiu, Carsten Gachot

This study aims to focus on the development of an experimental setup for testing tribological pairings under a gas atmosphere at pressures up to 10 bar.

Thermal characteristics and distribution rule of lubrication film of full ceramic ball bearing under different service condition

Jian Sun, Xin Fang, Jinmei Yao, Zhe Zhang, Renyun Guan, Guangxiang Zhang

The study aims to the distribution rule of lubricating oil film of full ceramic ball bearing and improve its performance and life.

The influence of microtexture tools on the geometric morphology of serrated chips based on stress triaxiality

ShuYu Guo, Lin Fan, Yan He, BoHan Geng, MingQi Chen, Yuhang Wang

This study aims to investigate the effect of microtextured tools on the geometric morphology of serrated chips, and further improve the cutting performance of polycrystalline…

Tribo-mechanical characterization of Cu-Cr-Zr ternary alloy aimed at fin-tube resistance welding electrode material

Kiran G. Sirsath, Bhanudas D. Bachchhav

Low performance life and increased machine downtime due to wear of resistance welding copper electrode is of major concern in fin–tube resistance welding in waste heat recovery…

The effect of thermal-elastic deformation on the sealing performance of supercritical CO2 dry gas seal

Zengli Wang, Qingyang Wang, Muming Hao, Xiaoying Li, Kewei Liu

The purpose of this study is to investigate the sealing performance of S-CO₂ dry gas seals (DGSs) by considering the effects of pressure-induced deformation, thermal deformation…

Tribological behaviors of tantalum prepared by SPS under different loads

Shaoxuan Li, Yi Xu, Haiqing Xia, Jing Duan, Yingjie Yu, Xingyun Duan, Pengfei Shi, Jiancheng Tang

Tantalum is a kind of metal material with moderate hardness, high ductility, small thermal expansion coefficient, excellent corrosion resistance and outstanding biocompatibility…