Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 66 Issue 2

Covers all automotive and industrial applications of lubricants

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The influence of partially textured slider with orientation ellipse dimples on the behavior of hydrodynamic lubrication

Jinghu Ji, Yonghong Fu, Qinsheng Bi

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate a partially textured slider of infinite width with orientation ellipse dimples in liquid application.

Analysis of a circular journal bearing lubricated with micropolar fluids including EHD effects

Boualem Chetti

The performance of finite circular journal bearing lubricated with micropolar fluids taking into account the elastic deformation of the bearing liner is presented. The paper aims…

Experimental study of friction and wear characteristics of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) under lubricated sliding condition

Mukund Dutt Sharma, Rakesh Sehgal

In the present study, an attempt has been made to examine friction and wear behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V alloy sliding against EN-31 steel under lubricative media of common commercial…

Performance comparison of circular, two-lobe and elliptical journal bearings based on TEHD analysis

Bin Huang, Le-qin Wang, Jia Guo

– The purpose of this paper is to study the different performance of circular, two-lobe and elliptical journal bearings by TEHD analysis.

An investigation of organic mixed coolant (Palm Olein) for green machining

T.S. Lee, C.F. How, Y.J. Lin, T.O. Ting

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and contribute to a better understanding of cutting process characteristics using the proposed RBD Palm Olein-based organic mixed…

Study on the tribological properties of titanium alloys sliding against WC-Co during the dry friction

Qiulin Niu, Xiaohu Zheng, Ming Chen, Weiwei Ming

Titanium alloy has the excellent performance and been widely utilized in aeroengine and airframe manufacture. However, improving the understanding of all aspects of titanium alloy…

Mechanical and wear characteristic of Y-TZP/Al2O3 nanocomposites

Tianchang Hu, Yongsheng Zhang, Litian Hu

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanical and wear properties of Y-TZP/Al2O3 nanocomposites.

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The influence of tool kinematics on surface texture, productivity, power and torque of normal honing

Damir Vrac, Leposava Sidjanin, Sebastian Balos, Pavel Kovac

In this paper, the influence of cutting regimes on surface texture and productivity of cylinder liner is shown, obtained by normal honing. Furthermore, normal honing power and…

Grease thixotropy: evaluation of grease microstructure change due to shear and relaxation

Maciej Paszkowski, Sylwia Olsztyńska-Janus

The thixotropy of lubricating grease thickened with lithium 12-hydroxystearate with mineral base oil was investigated. The thixotropy has a significant influence on the flow…

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Analysis of nanofluids as a means of thermal conductivity enhancement in heavy machineries

Ayush Jain, Imbesat Hassan Rizvi, Subrata Kumar Ghosh, P.S. Mukherjee

Nanofluids exhibit enhanced heat transfer characteristics and are expected to be the future heat transfer fluids particularly the lubricants and transmission fluids used in heavy…

Thermohydrostatic rheological analysis of constant flow valve compensated multiple hole-entry hybrid journal bearings

H.C. Garg, Vijay Kumar

The changing technological scenario necessitated hybrid journal bearings to operate under severe conditions of heavy load and high speed resulting into temperature rise of the…

Characterization of properties in friction-welded austenitic-stainless steel and aluminium joints

Mumin Sahin

The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate the metallurgical and mechanical properties of dissimilar metal friction welds (FWs) between aluminium and type 304 stainless…

Wear behavior of ceramic powder and nano-diamond cladding on carbon steel surface

De-Xing Peng, Yuan Kang

Thick composite claddings of carbides on a metal matrix are ideal for use in components that are subject to severe abrasive wear. It is a metal matrix composite (MMC) that is…

Experimental and numerical study on water-lubricated rubber bearings

You-Qiang Wang, Xiu-Jiang Shi, Li-Jing Zhang

Water-lubricated rubber bearing is one of the most appropriate bearings for underwater use. The most popular design used widely today is the straight fluted rubber bearing. The…

Experimental studies on the tribological behaviour of engine oil (SAE15W40) with the addition of CuO nanoparticles

Manu V. Thottackkad, P.K. Rajendrakumar, K. Prabhakaran Nair

– This manuscript aims to deal with the tribological property variations of engine oil (SAE15W40) by the addition of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles on weight percentage basis.

Engine piston rings improvement through effective materials, advanced manufacturing methods and novel design shape

Adolfo Senatore, Dragan Aleksendric

This paper aims to propose a literature review of the main physical phenomena considered by previous studies focusing on the modelling and the numerical simulation of frictional…

Friction mechanism and lock-up friction coefficient prediction for sinter bronze friction materials

Yanzhong Wang, Bin Wei, Keyan Ning, Ming Han

This research investigated the mechanism of wet friction plates of engagement and solved the problem that the lock-up friction coefficient of sinter material could not be obtained…

Experimental study on the water lubrication of non-contacting face seals for turbopumps

Zhang Guo-yuan, Wei-gang Zhao, Yan Xiu Tian

A new type of hydrostatic and hydrodynamic non-contacting face seals has been designed to meet the requirements of lower leakage, longer life and more repeatedly start and stop on…

Design for static stiffness of hydrostatic bearings: double-action variable compensation of membrane-type restrictors and self-compensation

Yuan Kang, De-Xing Peng, Yu-Hong Hung, Sheng-Yan Hu, Chorng-Shyan Lin

This article is the fourth part of a serial studies about constant and variable compensations of the closed-type hydrostatic plane-pad bearing, which is presented for the…

Cover of Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

ISSN:

0036-8792

Online date, start – end:

1948

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Prof Carsten Gachot
  • Andreas Rosenkranz