New Methodologies Indicating Adhesive Wear in Load Step Tests on the Translatory Oscillation Tribometer

Lubricants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Gregor Patzer ◽  
Mathias Woydt

When looking in detail at analyses of the tribological load-carrying capacity of lubricants, it becomes apparent that an exclusive evaluation of the evolution of the coefficient of friction alone cannot provide any sufficient criteria for determining the occurrence of adhesive failure. For this reason, extending the knowledge base by combining several criteria in order to draw a clearer picture of adhesive wear mechanisms is urgently required. This can be achieved by combining the evolution of coefficient of friction with stroke signals and/or the electrical contact resistance and/or contact temperature and/or acoustic emission and/or stroke zero position, frictional power input and further derived parameters.

1959 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-340
Author(s):  
C. F. Kettleborough

Abstract The problem of the stepped-thrust bearing is considered but, whereas normally volumetric continuity is assumed, the equations are solved assuming mass continuity; i.e., the variation of density is also considered as well as the effect of the stepped discontinuity on the load-carrying capacity and the coefficient of friction. Computed theoretical curves illustrate the importance of the density on the operation of this bearing and, in part, explain results already published.


Author(s):  
Sanjay Sharma ◽  
Aniket Sharma ◽  
Gourav Jamwal ◽  
Rajeev Kumar Awasthi

The present comparative numerical study is between V-shape protruded, dimple textured, and untextured bearing. The performance parameters in terms of the load-carrying capacity and coefficient of friction are computed by solving governing Reynold’s equation of the lubricant fluid flow. The governing equation is solved by the finite element method by assuming that the fluid is Newtonian and isoviscous in nature. The effect of eccentricity ratios, texture distribution, texture heights, and texture depths are considered for the analysis in both textured bearings. From simulated results, the load-carrying capacity and coefficient of friction is found to be maximum for protruded textured bearing in full textured region and first half-textured region respectively as compared to untextured bearings. Finally, optimal operating and geometrical parameters of textured bearing is obtained by computing performance enhancement ratio, which is the ratio of the load-carrying capacity to the coefficient of friction. The maximum value of the performance enhancement ratio is found for protruded and dimple textured bearing in full texturing and second half-region corresponding to the eccentricity ratio of 0.8 and 0.6 respectively at texture height and depth of 0.4.


Author(s):  
Kalle Kalliorinne ◽  
Roland Larsson ◽  
Andreas Almqvist

The bearing geometry has a big impact on the performance of a hydrodynamic thrust bearing. For this reason, shape optimisation of the bearing surface has been carried out for some time, with Lord Rayleigh’s early publication dated back to 1918. There are several recent results e.g. optimal bearing geometries that maximise the load carrying capacity for hydrodynamic thrust bearings. Currently, many engineers are making an effort to include sustainability in their work, which increases the need for bearings with lower friction and higher load carrying capacity. Improving these two qualities will result in lower energy consumption and increase the lifetime of applications, which are outcomes that will contribute to a sustainable future. For this reason, there is a need to find geometries that have performance characteristics of as low coefficient of friction torque as possible. In this work, the topological optimisation method of moving asymptotes is employed to optimise bearing geometries with the objective of minimising the coefficient of friction torque. The results are both optimised bearing geometries that minimise the coefficient of friction torque and bearing geometries that maximise the load carrying capacity. The bearing geometries are of comparable aspect ratios to the ones uses in recent publications. The present article also covers minimisation of friction torque on ring bearing geometries, also known as thrust washers. The results are thrust washers with periodical geometries, where the number of periodical segments has a high impact on the geometrical outcome.


1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-298
Author(s):  
Yoshitada Watanabe ◽  

A low rotational frequency sliding tester which could measure electrical contact resistance and coefficient of friction simultaneously was trially fabricated. Relations between electrical contact resistance and coefficients of friction were investigated by making sliding test on clean copper and surface oxidized copper contacts respectively, which were used relatively frequently in industries. As far as the measurement work made this time, of which rotational frequency was low, was concerned, it was found that the heat generation due to mechanical friction was low and the heat generation due to Joule's heat in the case of sliding clean contact surfaces was also low because of low contact resistance. It was, however, found that CU²0, etc. were formed due to rapid progress of oxidation by the generation of Joule's heat at the contact surfaces, of which real contact areas were extremely small, being roughened along with the increase of the sliding frequency. On the other hand, it was further found that although the existence of oxides in advance at the sliding surface extremely lowered the coefficient of friction (0.07 for example) in which the oxidized film indicating contrarily (70mΩ for example). It was presumed that formations and destroys of oxidation film were repeated by flow of electric current at the contact spot to cause Fritting Phenomenon.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Tang ◽  
Chuang Yu ◽  
Shaogang Zhang ◽  
Songyong Liu ◽  
Xingcai Wu ◽  
...  

In this study, the tribological behavior of lamellar ZrS2 nanobelts as lubricant additives was investigated under different concentrations, normal load, velocity, and temperature. The friction and wear tests were performed using a tribometer and with a reciprocating motion. The results indicate that the lamellar ZrS2 nanobelt additives can effectively reduce the coefficient of friction and running-in time during the running-in period. With the addition of ZrS2, the wear volumes decrease significantly. The wear is mostly influenced by the tribological performance throughout the running-in period. The lower the running-in time and coefficient of friction are during the running-in period, the less amount of wear is shown. ZrS2 can significantly increase the load-carrying capacity of oil. The 1.0 wt% concentration of ZrS2 yields the best antifriction effect, antiwear performance, and load-carrying capacity. The ZrS2 additives can increase the working temperature of the oil. The friction-reducing and antiwear mechanisms of lamellar ZrS2 were discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhong Li ◽  
TianTian Liu ◽  
Yujuan Zhang ◽  
Pingyu Zhang ◽  
Shengmao Zhang

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the tribological properties of Cu nanoparticles (NPs) as lubricant additives in three kinds of commercially available lubricants. Design/methodology/approach A four-ball machine is used to estimate the tribological properties of Cu NPs as lubricant additives in three kinds of commercially available lubricants. Three-dimensional optical profiler and electrical contact resistance are evaluated to investigate the morphology of the worn surfaces and the influence of Cu NPs on tribofilms. Findings Wear tests show that the addition of Cu NPs as lubricant additives could reduce wear and increase load-carrying capacity of commercially available lubricants remarkably, indicating that Cu NPs have a good compatibility with the existing lubricant additives in commercially available lubricants. Originality/value The tribological properties of Cu NPs as lubricant additives in three kinds of commercially available lubricants were investigated in this paper. These results are reliable and can be very helpful for application of Cu NPs as lubricant additives in industry.


2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. V. V. L. N. Rao ◽  
A. M. A. Rani ◽  
T. Nagarajan ◽  
F. M. Hashim

The present study examines the influence of partial texturing of bearing surfaces on improvement in load capacity and reduction in friction coefficient for slider and journal bearing. The geometry of partially textured slider and journal bearing considered in this work composed of a number of successive regions of groove and land configurations. The nondimensional pressure expressions for the partially textured slider and journal bearing are derived taking into consideration of texture geometry and extent of partial texture. Partial texturing has a potential to generate load carrying capacity and reduce coefficient of friction, even for nominally parallel bearing surfaces.


Author(s):  
Jijo Jose ◽  
Niranjana Behera

Hydrodynamic oil bearings applied at elevated temperatures and extreme operating conditions are subjected to the problem of oil degradation. In order to overcome such conditions, dry powder lubricants are used as lubricants in the hydrodynamic journal bearings. Thus the problem of thermal degradation of oil at high temperatures can be eliminated. In this work, the static and dynamic characteristics of a symmetric three-lobed bearing lubricated with powdered particles have been predicted. Influence of the ellipticity ratio on the performance of the three-lobed bearing has also been investigated. It is observed that an increase in the ellipticity ratio increases the coefficient of friction and stability, but decreases the side leakage and the load carrying capacity of the three-lobed bearing. Also, it was observed that the large-sized powdered particles induce better load carrying capacity and better stability than the small-sized particles.


1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. B. Qvale ◽  
F. R. Wiltshire

The effects of prescribed viscosity variations across a hydrodynamic lubricating film are studied. The film is strictly one dimensional and end effects are neglected. The viscosity variations are given by three families of curves. The considerable decreases (in the limit 100 percent) and occasional increases in the coefficient of friction that can occur for constant film thickness and load-carrying capacity are evaluated and the results are presented in terms of parametric curves. Important physical situations where these viscosity variations may be observed or produced are described.


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