Nanotribological Investigation of the Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Films Manufactured from the Storage Polyesters Produced by Halomonas elongata DSM 2581T

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Marius Pustan ◽  
Corina Bîrleanu ◽  
Adorján Cristea ◽  
Horia Leonard Banciu
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Adhesion Force ◽  
Force Measurement ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Halomonas Elongata ◽  
Packaging Industry ◽  
Tribological Characterization ◽  
Friction Analysis

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is a natural and biodegradable storage polyester, produced by numerous bacteria, which is considered a potential substituent for conventional plastics in the packaging industry. The improvement of the PHB material lifetime often involves mechanical and tribological characterization, which can be accurately performed on thin films. In this study, we aimed at the evaluation of the tribological properties, such as adhesion force, friction coefficient and wear resistance, of different polyester films, fabricated via the solvent casting method. Three polyester films were designed in this study, each containing 1% w/v constituents as follows: a PHBh film prepared out of the PHB, extracted from the extremely halotolerant bacteria, Halomonas elongata DSM2581T, a PHBc film fabricated using a commercially available PHB, and a PHBVc film generated using the commercial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV). The spectroscopy-in-point of AFM was used for adhesion force measurement based on multiple tests performed in a matrix, and the AFM lateral operating mode was applied for friction analysis under a controlled normal load. The fabricated PHBh film presented a thickness between 5 and 7 µm, a lower adhesion force (14 nN) as well as a smaller friction coefficient (0.15) compared to the PHBc and PHBVc. The tribological investigations of PHBh film revealed a biodegradable material with low roughness, as well as small adhesion and friction forces. Further optimization can be performed for the improvement of the PHBh film by copolymerization with other polymers, polyesters, and reinforcers, thus generating a feasible material with advanced tribo-mechanical features.

Friction Characteristics and Adhesion Force Under Low Normal Load

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhisa Ando ◽  
Yuichi Ishikawa ◽  
Tokio Kitahara
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Friction Force ◽  
Adhesion Force ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Adhesion Forces ◽  
Test Pieces ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Constant Normal Load ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Steel Balls

The friction coefficient and adhesion force between steel balls and flat test pieces were measured during friction under low normal load in order to examine the tribological characteristics. First, the friction coefficients were measured under a constant normal load of 0.8 to 2350 μN, and the adhesion forces were measured before and after each friction. The result showed that the friction coefficient was highest at low normal loads, while the friction force divided by the sum of the normal load and the mean adhesion force was almost constant over the whole range of loads. Second, when the normal load was reduced gradually during friction, friction still acted when the normal load became negative and a pulling off force was applied to the surface. Thus an adhesion force acts during friction and this adhesion force affects the friction force in the same way as the normal load.

Effect of Velocity and Load on the Development of Kinetic Friction at a Lubricated Steel on Polymer Interface

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew M. Bunten ◽  
Shannon J. Timpe
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Adhesion Force ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Polymer Surface ◽  
Sliding Velocity ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Synthetic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Velocity Effect ◽  
Adhesive Effect ◽  
Soft Disk

The effect of normal load and sliding velocity on the development of friction at a lubricated steel pin on polymer disk interface was investigated. Polyoxymethylene homopolymer disks were lubricated with a lithium soap thickened synthetic hydrocarbon grease and tested against a 6 mm diameter stainless steel pin. The normal load was varied from 3 to 80 N, and the sliding velocity was varied from 0.0004 to 0.2 m/s. The engineering friction coefficient displayed a power law dependence on the external applied load, indicating a significant adhesive effect in the presence of the lubricant. The true friction coefficient was 0.04, and the average adhesion force was calculated to be 29 N. With the soft disk and hard pin configuration, velocity and time effects were found to be negligible in the presence of the dominant dependence on the normal load. However, a velocity effect emerged with steel disks and polymer pins, likely due to a temperature rise at the polymer surface.

Forced Response of Shrouded Blades With Intermittent Dry Friction Force

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwei Gu ◽  
Zili Xu ◽  
Lv Qiang
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Friction Force ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Harmonic Balance Method ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Gap Size ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Friction Damper ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Contact Points

The gap friction damper model is presented in this paper, which is employed to simulate the friction forces at the contact points of the shroud interface. Using the harmonic balance method (HBM), the friction force can be approximated by a series of harmonic functions. The governing differential equations of blade motion are transformed into a set of nonlinear algebraic equations, which can be solved iteratively to yield the steady-state response. The results show that the forced response is attenuated due to the additional damping introduced by frictional slip. The predicted results agree well with those of the Runge-Kutta method. In addition, the effect of parameters of damping structures such as the gap size, friction coefficient and normal load on the forced response of blades were studied. The results show that increasing the damper gap size causes a increase in resonant response. However, the increment isn’t obvious. In addition, an increase in friction coefficient or normal load decreases the forced response of blade.

The Friction Forces Between Si Tip and Multilayer Graphene

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Yingying Wang ◽  
Yunfei Chen ◽  
Yujuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Graphene Layer ◽  
Adhesion Force ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Multilayer Graphene ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Layer Number ◽  
Si Substrates ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Natural Oxide

Mechanical peeling method is used to prepare multilayer graphene on silicon wafer with natural oxide, and the layer number of graphene is determined through atomic force microsopy (AFM) topography image and optical image. The friction force between Silicon tip and multilayer graphene and SiO2/Si substrates is measured with AFM. It is found that the friction force is reduced with the increase of the graphene layer number and approaches the value between the Si tip and graphite. Through comparing the tip sliding on graphene with different layers, the deformation of graphene is believed to be the main reason causing the decrease of the friction force with the layer number. When the normal load is much larger than the adhesion force, friction force increases with normal load linearly. However, while normal load closes to the adhesion force, friction force is independent of the normal load.

Friction of the Polymers - Experimental Results and Analytical Model

2016 ◽  
Vol 823 ◽  
pp. 473-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihai Rusu ◽  
Ionita Daniela ◽  
Marcelin Benchea ◽  
Vlad Carlescu ◽  
Dumitru Olaru
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Contact Surface ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Cylinder Axis ◽  
Steel Cylinder ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Linear Speed ◽  
Polymer Sample ◽  
Lubricated Contacts

To determine the friction forces and friction coefficient in dry and lubricated conditions between steel and a triol crosslinked polyurethane, the authors developed a new experimental method consist in sliding of a steel cylinder on a plate polymer sample in the direction of the cylinder axis. By using this method the experiments were realized on a deformed path in the polymer sample by maintaining the same pressure distribution between the contact elements during the experiments. The experiments were realized with normal load between 1 N and 8 N and a cyclic linear speed having values between 1mm/s and 10 mm/s. Were determined the friction forces and friction coefficients in dry and lubricated contacts. An analytical model to evaluate the friction force in the cylinder – polymer contact surface has been developed and a good correlation with the experiments was obtained.

Motion of masses with asymmetric and symmetric friction. Application to fault sliding

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Xiang Wong ◽  
Elena Pasternak ◽  
Arcady Dyskin
Keyword(s):  
Frictional Force ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Inertial Force ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Relative Mass ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Driving Frequency ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Friction Forces

<p>This study analyses a situation when a geological fault contains a section of anisotropic gouge with inclined symmetry axes (e.g. inclined layering), Bafekrpour et al. [1]. Such gouge in a constrained environment induces, under compression, asymmetric friction (different friction forces resisting sliding in the opposite directions). The rest of the gouge produces conventional symmetric friction. A mass-spring model of the gouge with asymmetric and symmetric friction sections is proposed consisting of a mass with asymmetric friction connected through a spring to another mass with symmetric friction. These masses are set on a base subjected to vibration. A parametric analysis is performed on this system. Two distinct characteristic regimes were observed: <em>recurrent movement</em> resembling stick-slip motion similar to predicted by [2] and <em>sub-frictional movement</em>. Recurrent movement arises when the inertial force is sufficient to overcome frictional force of a block with symmetric friction. Sub-frictional movement occurs when the inertial force is not sufficient to overcome frictional force of an equivalent system with only symmetric friction. The sub-frictional movement is produced by the force in the connecting spring increased due to the movement of the asymmetric friction block in the direction characterised by low friction. We formulate the criterion at which sub-frictional movement occurs. The occurrence of sub-frictional depends upon the relative mass of the symmetric and asymmetric friction sections, as well as the amplitude and driving frequency of the excitation. Power spectra of the produced vibrations are determined for both regimes. The results can shed light on mechanisms of sliding over pre-existing discontinuities and their effect on seismic event generation and propagation of hydraulic fractures in the presence of discontinuities.</p><p>[1] Bafekrpour,<strong> </strong>E., A.V. Dyskin, E. Pasternak, A. Molotnikov and Y. Estrin (2015), Internally architectured materials with directionally asymmetric friction. <em>Scientific Reports</em>, 5, Article 10732.</p><p>[2] Pasternak, E. A.V. Dyskin and I. Karachevtseva, 2020. Oscillations in sliding with dry friction. Friction reduction by imposing synchronised normal load oscillations. <em>International Journal of Engineering Science</em>, 154, 103313.</p><p><strong>Acknowledgement</strong>. AVD and EP acknowledge support from the Australian Research Council through project DP190103260.</p>

The Dependence of the Friction Coefficient on the Size and Course of Sliding Speed

2014 ◽  
Vol 693 ◽  
pp. 305-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Labašová
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Current Component ◽  
Sliding Speed ◽  
Rectangular Shape ◽  
Coefficient Increase ◽  
The Coefficient Of Friction ◽  
Ring Method ◽  
Run Up

The coefficient of friction for the bronze material (CuZn25Al6) with insert graphite beds and other bronze material (CuSn12) are investigated in this paper. Friction coefficient was investigated experimentally by the testing machine Tribotestor`89 which uses the principle of the ring on ring method. The external fixed bushing was exposed to the normal load of the same size in all tests. Process of load was increased from level 50 N to 600 N during run up 300 s, after the run up the appropriate level of load was held. The internal bushing performed a rotational movement with constant sliding speed. The value of sliding speed was changed individually for every sample (v = 0.2 (0.3, 0.4) m.s-1). The forth test had a rectangular shape of sliding speed with direct current component 0.3 m.s-1 and the amplitude 0.1 m.s-1 period 300 s, the whole test took 2100 s. The obtained results reveal that friction coefficient increase with the increase of sliding speed.

Piston Ring-Cylinder Bore Friction Modeling in Mixed Lubrication Regime: Part II—Correlation With Bench Test Data

1999 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozgen Akalin ◽  
Golam M. Newaz
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Test Data ◽  
Piston Ring ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Test System ◽  
Mixed Lubrication ◽  
Contact Temperature ◽  
Bench Test ◽  
Crank Angle ◽  
Contact Width

A bench friction test system for piston ring and liner contact, which has high stroke length and large contact width has been used to verify the analytical mixed lubrication model presented in a companion paper (Part 1). This test system controls the speed, temperature and lubricant amount and records the friction force, loading force, crank angle signal and contact temperature data simultaneously. The effects of running speed, applied normal load, contact temperature and surface roughness on friction coefficient have been investigated for conventional cast-iron cylinder bores. Friction coefficient predictions are presented as a function of crank angle position and results are compared with bench test data. Analytical results correlated well with bench test results.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on the Transition between Static and Kinetic Frictions of Steel/Shale Pairs

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Qin Lian ◽  
Chunxu Yang ◽  
Jifei Cao
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Critical Distance ◽  
Dynamic Friction ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Dynamic Friction Coefficient ◽  
The Coefficient Of Friction ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Stick Slip Motion ◽  
Insight Into

The transition between static and kinetic frictions of steel/shale pairs has been studied. It was found that the coefficient of friction decreased exponentially from static to dynamic friction coefficient with increasing sliding displacement. The difference between static and dynamic friction coefficients and the critical distance Dc under the dry friction condition is much larger than that under the lubricated condition. The transition from static to dynamic friction coefficient is greatly affected by the normal load, quiescent time, and sliding velocity, especially the lubricating condition. Maintaining continuous lubrication of the contact area by the lubricant is crucial to reduce or eliminate the stick-slip motion. The results provide an insight into the transition from static to dynamic friction of steel/shale pairs.

Effect of PTFE Retainer on Friction Coefficient in Polymer Thrust Bearings under Dry Contact

2013 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koshiro Mizobe ◽  
Takashi Honda ◽  
Hitonobu Koike ◽  
Edson Costa Santos ◽  
Yuji Kashima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Rolling Contact Fatigue ◽  
Contact Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Rolling Contact ◽  
Low Friction ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Thrust Bearings ◽  
Dry Contact

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.

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