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

Author(s):  
Rui Xiang Wong ◽  
Elena Pasternak ◽  
Arcady Dyskin

<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>

Author(s):  
Sheng Dong ◽  
Marcelo J. Dapino

Ultrasonic vibration has been proven effective in reducing dynamic friction when superimposed onto the macroscopic relative velocity between two surfaces. This phenomenon is often referred to as ultrasonic lubrication. Piezoelectric materials can be employed to generate ultrasonic vibration. Typically, solid or fluid lubricants are employed to mitigate wear. However, in applications such as aerospace systems, which operate in particularly harsh environments, traditional lubrication methods are not always applicable. This paper investigates the relationship between friction force reduction and wear reduction in ultrasonically lubricated surfaces. A pin-on-disc tribometer is modified through the addition of a piezoelectric transducer which vibrates the contact between pin and disc. A piezo-actuator is installed to generate 22 kHz vibration in the direction perpendicular to the disc. Three different linear speeds are employed by changing rotation speeds of the disc and running time. Friction and wear metrics such as volume loss, surface roughness, friction forces and stick-slip effects are compared before and after application of ultrasonic vibration. Relationships between linear speed and friction reduction, stick-slip reduction, and wear reduction are analyzed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alborz Niknam ◽  
Kambiz Farhang

A two degrees-of-freedom (2DOFs) single mass-on-belt model is employed to study friction-induced instability due to mode-coupling. Three springs, one representing contact stiffness, the second providing lateral stiffness, and the third providing coupling between tangential and vertical directions, are employed. In the model, mass contact and separation are permitted. Therefore, nonlinearity stems from discontinuity due to dependence of friction force on relative mass-belt velocity and separation of mass-belt contact during oscillation. Eigenvalue analysis is carried out to determine the onset of instability. Within the unstable region, four possible phases that include slip, stick, separation, and overshoot are found as possible modes of oscillation. Piecewise analytical solution is found for each phase of mass motion. Then, numerical analyses are used to investigate the effect of three parameters related to belt velocity, friction coefficient, and normal load on the mass response. It is found that the mass will always experience stick-slip, separation, or both. When separation occurs, mass can overtake the belt causing additional nonlinearity due to friction force reversal. For a given coefficient of friction, the minimum normal load to prevent separation is found proportional to the belt velocity.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 958-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.-D. Yang ◽  
C.-H. Menq

Designers of aircraft engines frequently employ shrouds in turbine design. In this paper, a variable normal load friction force model is proposed to investigate the influence of shroudlike contact kinematics on the forced response of frictionally constrained turbine blades. Analytical criteria are formulated to predict the transitions between stick, slip, and separation of the interface so as to assess the induced friction forces. When considering cyclic loading, the induced friction forces are combined with the variable normal load so as to determine the effective stiffness and damping of the friction joint over a cycle of motion. The harmonic balance method is then used to impose the effective stiffness and damping of the friction joint on the linear structure. The solution procedure for the nonlinear response of a two-degree-of-freedom oscillator is demonstrated. As an application, this procedure is used to study the coupling effect of two constrained forces, friction force and variable normal load, on the optimization of the shroud contact design.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6289
Author(s):  
Michael Weinstein ◽  
Christian Nowroth ◽  
Jens Twiefel ◽  
Jörg Wallaschek

Pneumatic cylinders are widely used in highly dynamic processes, such as handling and conveying tasks. They must work both reliably and accurately. The positioning accuracy suffers from the stick-slip effect due to strong adhesive forces during the seal contact and the associated high breakaway forces. To achieve smooth motion of the piston rod and increased position accuracy despite highly variable position dynamics, sliding friction and breakaway force must be reduced. This contribution presents a specially designed linear tribometer that has two types of control. Velocity control allows the investigation of sliding friction mechanisms. Friction force control allows investigation of the breakaway force. Due to its bearing type, the nearly disturbance-free detection of stick-slip transients and the dynamic contact behavior of the sliding friction force was possible. The reduction of the friction force was achieved by a superposition of the piston rod’s movement by longitudinal ultrasonic vibrations. This led to significant reductions in friction forces at the rubber/metal interface. In addition, the effects of ultrasonic frequency and vibration amplitude on the friction reduction were investigated. With regard to the breakaway force, significant success was achieved by the excitation. The force control made it possible to identify the characteristic movement of the sealing ring during a breakaway process.


Author(s):  
Wayne E. Whiteman ◽  
Aldo A. Ferri

Abstract The dynamic behavior of a beam-like structure undergoing transverse vibration and subjected to a displacement-dependent dry friction force is examined. In Part I, the beam is modeled by a single mode while Part II considers multi-mode representations. The displacement dependence in each case is caused by a ramp configuration that allows the normal force across the sliding interface to increase linearly with slip displacement. The system is studied first by using first-order harmonic balance and then by using a time integration method. The stick-slip behavior of the system is also studied. Even though the only source of damping is dry friction, the system is seen to exhibit “viscous-like” damping characteristics. A strong dependence of the equivalent natural frequency and damping ratio on the displacement amplitude is an interesting result. It is shown that for a given set of parameter values, an optimal ramp angle exists that maximizes the equivalent damping ratio. The appearance of two dynamic response solutions at certain system and forcing parameter values is also seen. Results suggest that the overall characteristics of mechanical systems may be improved by properly configuring frictional interfaces to allow normal forces to vary with displacement.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Qin Lian ◽  
Chunxu Yang ◽  
Jifei Cao

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.


Author(s):  
Henric Larsson ◽  
Kambiz Farhang

Abstract The paper presents a lumped parameter model of multiple disks in frictional contact. The contact elastic and dissipative characteristics are represented by equivalent stiffness and damping parameters in the axial as well as the torsional directions. The formulation accounts for the coupling betwen the axial and angular motions by viewing the contact normal force to be the result of axial behavior of the system. The frictional contact of two disks in contact is modeled in two dynamic states (i.e. sticking and slipping state) having individual lumped parameter models and the conditions that control the switching between the two states are established. The friction forces are represented by assuming the coefficient of friction to be a function of the sliding velocity, varying exponentially from its static value at zero relative velocity to its kinetic value at high velocities. A computer simulation of an eight-rotor disk assembly is presented. The torsional vibration characteristics and how it is liked to the axial modes of vibration is analyzed. The vibration characteristics in the transient, steady-state and stick-slip region is compared. In the stick-slip region, the angular velocity of the interfaces in frictional contact is depicted and the sticking and slipping states are defined. It is shown that the duration of slip is approximately constant and the duration of stick increases almost exponentially until a final sticking is achieved.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ibrohim A. Rustamov ◽  
Ozoda Sh. Sabirova ◽  
Zixi Wang ◽  
Yuming Wang

Tribological behavior of the Inconel X-750 alloy disk subjected to fretting against the GCr15 steel ball was investigated in an ambient laboratory air with relative humidity of 55–65%. A high-frequency oscillating Optimol SRV 4 tribometer was employed to execute dry fretting tests in the partial and gross slip regimes under constant 100 N normal load. Tests were carried out for 10, 30, and 90 minutes, and the friction forces vs. displacement amplitudes were monitored during the test duration. Posttest examinations were conducted utilizing advanced tools such as 3D optical surface profiler, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The main objective was to obtain wear scar evolutions, frictional properties, and degradation mechanisms under the different running conditions over time. It was found that fretting wear behaviors of friction pairs were strongly influenced by fretting regimes. Degradation evolutions were greatly influenced by fretting time during partial slip regimes, i.e., evolving from asperity deformation and slight damage to the fatigue crack and material transfer. However, the combination of adhesive, abrasive, delamination, and wear oxidation mechanisms was repeated during the entire gross slip fretting process.


SPE Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 365-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silviu Livescu ◽  
Steven Craig ◽  
Bill Aitken

Summary The lateral reach and residual bottomhole-assembly (BHA) loads in extended-reach wells strongly depend on the coiled-tubing (CT) mechanical friction. Detailed CT-friction modeling becomes crucial in the prejob planning stage to ensure successful job predictability. However, current numerical simulators consider constant coefficients of friction (CoFs) that are determined from similar operations without taking into account the effects of the operational and downhole parameters on the CoF for a specific operation. This study outlines the modeling of CT-friction force, CoF, and axial BHA loads depending on the operational and downhole parameters when a fluid-hammer tool is used. Recent theoretical, laboratory, and field data have established how CoF depends on the downhole parameters (Livescu and Wang 2014; Livescu and Watkins 2014; Livescu et al. 2014a, b; Livescu and Craig 2015). Previously, these effects were not considered in the CT numerical models, leading to significant CoF differences among available commercial simulators. For instance, the default CoFs in the current prejob simulations for cased holes, when no lubricant or friction-reducing tools such as fluid-hammer tools and tractors are used, vary between 0.24 and 0.30 or even higher. This makes it extremely difficult to consistently evaluate and compare the friction-reduction effects of lubricants, fluid-hammer tools, and tractors in extended-reach wells, especially when the field operator may be consulting with several service companies that use different commercial force-modeling software. This study presents the CT-force matching and fundamental physics on the basis of modeled fluid forces, including radial forces, drag forces, and, most importantly, pressure forces on the CT-friction forces caused by fluid-hammer tools. Extending the method of characteristics, regularly used for studying pressure pulses in straight pipes, the perturbations method also accounts for the helical shape of the CT. The new CT fluid-hammer model is validated against laboratory data. This rigorous method for calculating the axial BHA load and reduced CT-friction force caused by radial vibrations can be easily implemented in currently available tubing-force analysis (TFA) software for CT operations. This novel approach, which uses detailed CT mechanical-friction modeling to take into account parameters such as temperature, internal pressure, pumping rate, and others, improves predictions for CT reach in lateral wells. These findings broaden the current industry understanding of the CT mechanical friction modeling in extended-reach wells, and show benefits for the industry when considering variable friction modeling in commercial CT simulators.


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