scholarly journals Design of a Tribotester Based on Non-Contact Displacement Measurements

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 748
Author(s):  
Kim ◽  
Sung

A tribotester with an integrated load sensor based on a strain gauge is typically used to measure the friction coefficient generated by the contact-related sliding motion of two objects. Since the friction coefficient is obtained by dividing the measured friction force by the applied normal force, the normal and friction forces must be measured for accurate analysis. In this study, a tribotester was used to measure the displacement of a cantilever tip using the fiberoptic sensor in a non-contact method. The friction coefficient measurement using the fiberoptic sensor was proven to be valid by calibrating the tip displacement due to normal/friction forces after designing a basic structural cantilever tip based on experiments and simulation analyses. The results obtained by using the fiberoptic sensor-cantilever tip-based tribotester were compared with those obtained using commercial and/or custom-built tribotesters under the same conditions. By designing various shapes of cantilever tips and using simulation analysis, the calibrations of the normal/friction forces and tip displacement could be verified and the coupling effect was evaluated. The performance and reliability of the fiberoptic sensor-cantilever tip-based tribotester, which can be used to determine the normal/friction forces by non-contact displacement measurements without a strain gauge, were verified.

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1828
Author(s):  
Hung-Lin Hsieh ◽  
Bo-Yen Sun

In this study, a compound speckle interferometer for measuring three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) displacement is proposed. The system, which combines heterodyne interferometry, speckle interferometry and beam splitting techniques, can perform precision 3-DOF displacement measurements, while still having the advantages of high resolution and a relatively simple configuration. The incorporation of speckle interferometry allows for non-contact displacement measurements by detecting the phase of the speckle interference pattern formed from the convergence of laser beams on the measured rough surface. Experiments were conducted to verify the measurement capabilities of the system, and the results show that the proposed system has excellent measurement capabilities suitable for future real-world applications.


2013 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koshiro Mizobe ◽  
Takashi Honda ◽  
Hitonobu Koike ◽  
Edson Costa Santos ◽  
Yuji Kashima ◽  
...  

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a tough semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer with excellent mechanical properties. While abilities of polyphenylenesulfide (PPS) are similar to PEEK, former material cost was lower than later. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is well known because of its low friction coefficient and self lubrication ability. The objective of this study is to observe the friction coefficient of hybrid bearings, PTFE retainer sandwiched with PPS-races or PEEK-races. Rolling contact fatigue tests were performed and in situ friction forces wear measured. It is concluded that the PTFE retainer reduced friction coefficient.


Author(s):  
Jin-Jang Liou ◽  
Grodrue Huang ◽  
Wensyang Hsu

Abstract A variable pressure damper (VPD) is used here to adjusted the friction force on the valve spring to investigate the relation between the friction force and the valve bouncing phenomenon. The friction force on the valve spring is found experimentally, and the corresponding friction coefficient is also determined. Dynamic valve displacements at different speeds with different friction forces are calibrated. Bouncing and floating of the valve are observed when the camshaft reaches high speed. From the measured valve displacement, the VPD is shown to have significant improvement in reducing valve bouncing distance and eliminating floating. However, experimental results indicate that the valve bouncing can not be eliminated completely when the camshaft speed is at 2985 rpm.


2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hankang Yang ◽  
Johan B. C. Engelen ◽  
Walter Häberle ◽  
Mark A. Lantz ◽  
Sinan Müftü

Effects of friction forces on the lateral dynamics of a magnetic recording tape, wrapped around a grooved roller are investigated experimentally and theoretically. Tape is modeled as a viscoelastic, tensioned beam subjected to belt-wrap pressure and friction forces. Including the effects of stick and slip and velocity dependence of the friction force render the tape's equation of motion nonlinear. In the experiments, tape was wrapped under tension around a grooved roller in a customized tape path. The tape running speed along the axial direction was set to zero, thus only the lateral effects were studied. The grooved roller was attached to an actuator, which moved the roller across the tape. Tests were performed in slow and fast actuation modes. The slow mode was used to identify an effective static, or breakaway, friction coefficient. In the fast mode, the roller was actuated with a 50 Hz sinusoid. The same effective friction coefficient was deduced from the fast actuation mode tests. This test mode also revealed a periodic stick–slip phenomenon. The stick-to-slip and slip-to-stick transitions occurred when the tape vibration speed matched the roller actuation speed. Both experiments and theory show that upon slip, tape vibrates primarily at its natural frequency, and vibrations are attenuated relatively fast due to frictional and internal damping. This work also shows that an effective friction coefficient can be described that captures the complex interactions in lateral tape motion (LTM) over a grooved roller.


Tribologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 277 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Krzysztof KUBAS

The paper presents the results of experimental measurements of static friction forces between a poly-V belt 5pk and a pulley on a specialised research stand. An average effective static coefficient is assumed depending on the wrap angle and preload force. Different shapes and positions of curves of the measured values for lower wrap angles are found, with similar curves in the set of measurements with higher angles. The Nelder-Mead optimisation method is proposed to approximate the measured results by a nonlinear function and to achieve good accordance. The dependence of the effective friction coefficient on the rest time between measurements is also presented.


Author(s):  
Xi Shi ◽  
Andreas A. Polycarpou

As the size of contacting and sliding tribosystems decrease, intermolecular or adhesive forces become significant partly due to nanometer size surface roughness. The presence of adhesion has a major influence on the interfacial contact and friction forces as well as the microtribosystem dynamics and thus influences the overall dynamic friction behavior. In this paper, a dynamic friction model that explicitly includes adhesion, interfacial damping and the system dynamics for realistic rough surfaces was developed. The results show that the amplitude and mean value of the time varying normal contact and friction forces increase in the presence of adhesion under continuous contact conditions. Also, due to the attractive nature of adhesion, its presence delays or eliminates the occurrence of loss of contact. Furthermore, in the presence of significant adhesion, dynamic friction behavior is significantly more complicated compared to the no adhesion case, and the dynamic friction coefficient predictions may be misleading. Thus, it is more appropriate to discuss dynamic friction force instead of dynamic friction coefficient under dynamic conditions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Mäntylä ◽  
Jussi Göös ◽  
Anton Leppänen ◽  
Tero Frondelius

A detailed contact analysis of a large connecting rod was performed to evaluatethe fretting risk in the big end. Simulation was carried out in Abaqus considering all relevantboundary conditions, such as assembly loads, housing machining and dynamics from a exiblemultibody simulation with elastohydrodynamic bearings. Being one of the most importantvariables, the local coeffcient of friction (COF) and its evolution is calculated during the solutionby using a subroutine in Abaqus. The model is validated by strain gauge measurements in arunning engine. The resulted friction coefficient distribution matches well with the ndings froma laboratory engine. The described methodology increases the accuracy of the fretting damageprediction by using a more realistic friction coefficient denition.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuang Chen ◽  
Guanci Chen

Abstract The motions between the ball and raceway in a ball bearing involve rolling, gyroscopic, and spin slide. These complex motions result in the serious distribution of the friction force. Based on the contact mechanics in tribology, the friction force greatly affects stress and fatigue life. Thus, it is necessary to figure out the effects of the motions and its friction force of ball–raceway contact on the fatigue life of a ball bearing. In this paper, first, the equivalent model of ball–raceway contact was studied and established for the convenience of finite element calculation. Second, the contact mechanics considering the friction force with the friction coefficient from 0 to 0.3 was computed. The influences of the motions and its friction forces of ball–raceway contact on the raceway’s stress were analyzed. Third, based on different structure fatigue life algorithms, the raceway’s fatigue life of the cases with the friction coefficient 0, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.3 were studied. The raceway’s fatigue life based on ISO 281-2007 bearing life theory is studied. Results show that the friction force on the contact surface has some influence on the stress and fatigue life to a certain extent. Especially, the ball’s spin has the greatest influence on the stress distribution and fatigue life of the raceway. Thus, for the cases of heavy load and high friction coefficient, the effect of the friction force of ball–raceway contacts cannot be neglected.


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