Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 71 Issue 3

Investigation on tribological and corrosion characteristics of oxide-coated steel and mild steel fiber-based brake friction composites

Manoharan S., Vijay R., Lenin Singaravelu D., Mohamed Kchaou

The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of oxide-coated steel in comparison with mild steel fibers on the tribological and corrosion performances of friction…

Effect of boronizing on the structural, mechanical and tribological properties of CoCrW dental alloy produced by selective laser melting

Yakup Uzun, Halim Kovacı, Ali Fatih Yetim, Ayhan Çelik

This paper aims to investigate the effects of boriding on the structural, mechanical and tribological properties of CoCrW dental alloy manufactured by the method of selective…

Pressure generation in rough conical bearing using non-Newtonian Rabinowitsch fluid with variable viscosity

Pentyala Srinivasa Rao, Amit Kumar Rahul

This paper aims to investigate the effect of surface roughness (radial and azimuthal) and viscosity variation on a squeeze film of a conical bearing with a non-Newtonian lubricant…

Efficient running-in of gears and improved prediction of the tooth flank load carrying capacity

Martin Zimmer, Dirk Bartel

The purpose of this paper is to determine parameters for an efficient running-in of gears and an improved method for the prediction of the tooth flank load carrying capacity.

Viscous shear effect in non-Newtonian lubrication of finite porous elastic bearings

Anas Sakim, Mohamed Nabhani, Mohamed El Khlifi

The purpose of this study is to investigate the viscous shear effect on finite porous elastic journal bearings lubricated with non-Newtonian couple stress fluid.

Effect of behavior of oil–air lubrication flow on characteristic of point contact sliding wear

Cong Liu, Baohong Tong, Guotao Zhang, Wei Wang, Kun Liu, Peimin Xu

This paper aims to investigate the influence of oil–air lubrication flow behavior on point contact sliding wear characteristics.

Effects of laser surface texturing on tribological properties of Ti-6Al-4V in hydroxyethyl-cellulose water-based lubrication

Dezun Sheng, Tao Ni, Ming Zou, Huichen Zhang

This paper aims to investigate the effect of laser surface texturing on the tribological performance of Ti-6Al-4V disks sliding against Si3N4 balls under hydroxyethyl-cellulose…

Influence of WS2/SnS2 on the tribological performance of copper-free brake pads

Justin Antonyraj I., Vijay R., Lenin Singaravelu D.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of solid lubricants (tungsten disulfide [WS₂]/ Tin disulfide [SnS₂]) on the tribological performance of brake pads.

Influence of hard rolling and the cooling lubricant on the material properties and the rolling strength of PM gears

Fritz Klocke, Thomas Bergs, Christoph Löpenhaus, Philipp Scholzen, Tim Frech

The lower density of powder metallurgical (PM) gears compared to solid steel gears leads to not only a lower weight but also a lower load-carrying capacity. Therefore, PM gears…

Analysis of misaligned water-lubricated polymer bearing with axial grooves

Fangrui Lv, Chunxiao Jiao, Donglin Zou, Na Ta, Zhu-shi Rao

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the lubrication behavior of misaligned water-lubricated polymer bearings with axial grooves.

Friction and wear modeling of rotary disc in spherical pump

Dong Guan, Li Jing, Junjie Gong, Zhengwei Yang, Hui Shen

Rotary disc is a key component in the compact spherical pump, connecting shaft and piston, bearing hydraulic force conformally and constituting dynamic working chambers…

Effect of form errors on oil film characteristics of hydrodynamic journal bearings based on small displacement torsor theory

Xun Ma, Wubin Xu, Xueping Zhang, Fuyong Yang

This paper aims to investigate how form error of journal affects oil film characteristics, which are composed of several parameters including the maximum film pressure, film…

Influence of different flow regimes on the performance characteristics of a four-pad hydrostatic squeeze film damper loaded between pads

Amina Nemchi, Ahmed Bouzidane, Aboubakeur Benariba, Hicham Aboshighiba

The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of different flow regimes on the dynamic characteristics of four-pad hydrostatic squeeze film dampers (SFDs) loaded between…

Linear stability analysis of double-layered porous journal bearings under coupled-stress lubrication with slip flow and percolation effect of additives

Shitendu Some, Sisir Kumar Guha

In the application of hydrostatic double-layered porous journal bearings, instability of bearing systems is a major problem. On the other hand, the use of non-Newtonian fluid as a…

Tribological behavior of WS2/oil-impregnated porous polyimide solid/liquid composite system

Zhen Yan, Dong Jiang, Xiaoming Gao, Can Zhang, Ming Hu, Dapeng Feng, Jiayi Sun, Lijun Weng, Chao Wang

This paper aims to study the tribological behavior of the WS2/oil-impregnated porous polyimide (PPI) solid/liquid composite system, in which both PFPE (perfluoropolyether) and…

Thermal-fluid-solid coupling deformation of hydrostatic thrust bearing friction pairs

Mubing Yu, Xiaodong Yu, Xuhang Zheng, Hui Jiang

The purpose of this paper is to study thermal-fluid-solid coupling deformation and friction failure mechanism of bearing friction pairs under the working conditions of high speed…

A comparative study of tribological performance of helical gear pair with various types of tooth surface finishing

Zonglin Gu, Caichao Zhu, Huaiju Liu, Xuesong Du

This paper aims to compare the tribological performances of four different types of tooth surface finishing, namely, form grinding, generating grinding, super finishing and…

The influence of roughness distribution characteristic on the lubrication performance of textured cylinder liners

Bifeng Yin, Huiqin Zhou, Bo Xu, Hekun Jia

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the coupling mechanism of the roughness distribution characteristic and surface textures on the cylinder liner.

Biodegradation behavior and tribological properties of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene stabilized with α-tocopherol

Xueqin Kang, Chi Yao, Shirong Ge

This paper aims to investigate the effect of simulated body fluid (SBF) on biodegradation and tribological properties of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and…

Experimental investigation of tribological effect on vegetable oil with CuO nanoparticles and ZDDP additives

Gitesh Kumar, Hem Chander Garg, Ajay Gijawara

This paper aims to report the friction and wear characteristics of refined soybean oil (RSBO) blended with copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles and zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP…