Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 73 Issue 8

Synthesis and tribological study of core-shell Ag@polyaniline as lubricant additive in lithium-based complex grease

Yanqiu Xia, Chuan Chen, Xin Feng, Zhengfeng Cao

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize a kind of core-shell Ag@polyaniline (Ag@PAN) as a lubricant additive to improve the friction reduction and anti-wear abilities of…

Study on micro-plastic behavior and tribological characteristics of granular materials in friction process

Gang Wang, Wei Wang, Yi Zhang, Xu Zhang, Zhaowen Hu, Kun Liu, Daogao Wei

This paper aims to investigate the micro-plastic behavior of granular material in three-body friction interface and its effect on friction characteristics.

Dry wear behavior of A356-SiCp functionally graded composite in unidirectional and reciprocating contacts

Premkumar John, Rajeev Vamadevan Rajam, Rajkumar Mattacaud Ramachandralal, Krishnakumar Komalangan

The purpose of this study is to distinguish the difference in tribological behavior of functionally graded composites in two sliding modes, namely, unidirectional and…

Friction analysis of anisotropic surface for viscoelastic material

Yang Zhao, Heng Liu, Nanshan Wang, Bowen Fan, Meng Li

The anisotropic surfaces of viscoelastic materials play a role in sliding friction; the purpose of this paper is to study the effect of the anisotropic surfaces on contact area…

Antioxidant behavior and tribological performance of a novel multifunctional additive in complex lithium grease

Mianran Chao, Ming Jin, Peiwei Gong, Duyi Shen, Lili Zhu

This paper aims to contrastively investigate the antioxidant behavior and tribological performance of a novel multifunctional additive (PBT) and dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP) in…