Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 75 Issue 3

Effect of boundary slip on elastohydrodynamic lubrication with arbitrary entrainment angle in elliptical contacts

Lei Cao, Jianlin Cai, Cheng Wang, Tianyou Yang, Wei Zhou, Liwu Wang

The purpose of this study is to describe and observe the influence of boundary slip associated with an arbitrary entrainment angle on the contact lubrication properties of…

Effect of synovial fluid constituent on the tribological behaviors of UHMWPE-CoCrMo alloy contact pair

Qin Tan, Yali Zhang, Xinle Li, Jian Pu, Shu Yang, Zhongmin Jin

This study aims to systematically investigate the tribological behaviors of metal and polyethylene using lubricants composed of four synovial fluid (SF) components. In addition…

An improved method for film thickness measurement of cylindrical roller bearings based on a straight-beam probe

Meng Li, Li Yuan Liu, Rui Zhou, Jun Yang, Qiong Qu, Haitao Song

Considering the industrial site environment and installation requirements, the straight-beam ultrasound probe with easy installation and good coupling agent adaptability is…

The evaluation of friction and wear performances of commercial automotive brake friction polymer composites

Kanagaraj M., Babu S., Sudhan Raj Jegan Mohan, Christy T.V.

This study aims to compare the friction and wear performance of commercial brake pads for four wheelers among metallic, semimetallic and non-asbestos organic (NAO) formulations to…

Effects of different wheel wear positions on dynamic performance of metro vehicles

AiHua Zhu, Shang Yang, Jianwei Yang, Dongping Long, Xin Li

Metro wheels running on different lines can undergo wear at different positions. This paper aims to investigate the effects of wheel wear at two typical positions, i.e. wheel…

Study on the hydrodynamic performance of two typical groove liquid film seals considering cavitation

Xiao-Ying Li, Zhen-Tao Li, Mu-Ming Hao, Qing-Yang Wang, Zeng-Li Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the hydrodynamic performance of liquid film seals with oblique grooves (OGs) and spiral grooves (SGs), considering cavitation, compare…

Tribological properties of lyophilized graphene loading nano-copper as lubricating oil additive

Runling Peng, Jinyue Liu, Wei Wang, Peng Wang, Shijiao Liu, Haonan Zhai, Leyang Dai, Junde Guo

This study aims to investigate the synergistic friction reduction and antiwear effects of lyophilized graphene loading nano-copper (RGO/Cu) as lubricating oil additives, compared…

Effect of lubricant inertia on steady-state characteristics of textured hydrodynamic journal bearing

Debajit Das, Sashindra Kumar Kakoty

This paper aims to investigate the effects of inertia of the lubricant on the performance parameters of journal bearings textured with spherical-shaped textures.

Effect of compound pit textures on the friction and wear of thrust cylindrical roller bearings under starved lubrication

Yueyong Wang, Yimin Zhang, Risheng Long

This study aims to investigate the effect of compound pit textures on the tribological properties of thrust cylindrical roller bearings (TCRBs) using several parameters, such as…

Analysis on machining uniformity in reciprocating magnetorheological polishing based on abrasive particle trajectory

Rensheng Wang, Cong Sun, Shichao Xiu, Qi Wang, Dongming Liang, Qi Zhao

This paper aims to study the effects of the processing parameters in the reciprocating magnetorheological polishing (RMRP) on abrasive particle trajectory by the simulation…