Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 65 Issue 6

The effects of non-Newtonian rheology in the dynamic coefficients of wide slider bearings with a secant-shaped film profile

Jaw-Ren Lin, Rong-Fang Lu, Li-Ming Chu, Chi-Ren Hung

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of non-Newtonian rheology on the dynamic characteristics of a secant-shaped couple-stress lubricated slider bearing.

Three-dimensional lubrication theory in viscoelastic short-bearing

Şule Celasun

The advent of powerful digital computers has seen interest in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics moving towards the solution of complex flow problems for highly elastic liquids in…

Thermohydrostatic rheological study of orifice compensated asymmetric hole-entry hybrid journal bearings

H.C. Garg, Vijay Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to describe the static performance characteristics of orifice compensated hole-entry hybrid journal bearing considering the combined influence of rise…

Investigations of constant-flow valves for hydrostatic bearings

Yuan Kang, De-Xing Peng, Hsing-Han Lee, Sheng-Yan Hu, Yeon-Pun Chang

Constant flow valves have been presented in industrial applications or academic studies, which compensate pressures of bearing recesses as load fluctuates. The flow rate of…

Thermal contact conductance of elastically deforming nominally flat surfaces using fractal geometry

Osama M. Abuzeida, Nasim Alnumanb

– This work aims at constructing a continuous mathematical, linear elastic, model for the thermal contact conductance (TCC) of two rough surfaces in contact.

Tribological properties of AlSi10Mg/fly ash/graphite hybrid metal matrix composites

S. Venkat Prasat, R. Subramanian

The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of fly ash and graphite particles as low cost reinforcing materials for improved wear resistance, enhanced mechanical properties…

Distribution and surface characteristic of transfer film of polyamide composites filled with ZnOw during traction rolling

Shibo Wang

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the distribution and surface characteristic of transfer film of polyamide composites filled with ZnOw during traction rolling.

Mechanical and metallurgical properties of AlTiN-coated HSS materials

Mumin Sahin, Murat Dinç, Cenk Misirli

– The purpose of this paper is to examine mechanical and metallurgical properties of AlTiN coating HSS materials in detail.

Machining parameter optimisation of an aluminium hybrid metal matrix composite by statistical modelling

N. Radhika, R. Subramaniam, S. Babudeva senapathi

The objective of this research is focused on the design of a new hybrid composite as well as to analyse the optimum turning conditions to minimise the surface roughness and work…

Determination of fretting parameters of hoisting rope in coalmine and fretting-fatigue behavior of steel wires

Dagang Wang, Dekun Zhang, Shirong Ge

The objective of this paper is to determine fretting parameters of hoisting rope according to the hoisting parameters in coalmine and to explore the effect of contact load on…

Measurement of oil film thickness for complete stroke length in an unfired I C engine

Mukesh A. Bulsara, Dhananjay V. Bhatt, Kishore N. Mistry

The purpose of this paper is to present a measurement technique wherein the film thickness is measured in unfired condition for entire stroke length but without impairing the…

The investigation of relationship between lubricating oil and refrigerant in refrigerator compressors

Filiz Karaosmanoğlu, Serkan Yüzer, Hüsnü Kerpiççi, Ertuğrul Durak

– Refrigerant fraction and mixture viscosity values were determined for various operating conditions of compressors. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Study of soybean lecithin as multifunctional lubricating additives

Weimin Li, Yanxia Wu, Xiaobo Wang, Weimin Liu

The purpose of this paper is to study the antirust, tribological performance and anti-wear (AW) mechanism of the of soybean lecithin (SL) as a kind of multifunctional lubricant…

Friction and wear behavior of the polyurethane composites modified by bishydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane

Tingmei Wang, Gai Zhao, Qihua Wang

A series of polyurethane/bishydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane composites (PU/BTPDMS) were prepared. The effect of BTPDMS content on the tribological properties of the…

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