Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 68 Issue 1

Tribological behaviours of surface-modified serpentine powder as lubricant additive

Yawen Zhang, Zhipeng Li, Jincan Yan, Tianhui Ren, Yidong Zhao

The aim of this paper is to study the tribological performance and self-repairing performance of surface-modified nanoscale serpentine powders as lubricant additives in the…

Optimizing the shape of top piston ring face using inverse method

Zhinan Zhang, Jun Liu, Yihu Tang, Xianghui Meng

This study aims at proposing an approach for optimizing the shape of the top piston ring face for minimum friction force using an inverse method. The shape of the top piston ring…

Towards minimizing wear by improving antiwear additives and surface characteristics using reduced phosphorus plain ZDDP oil under boundary lubrication

Gabi N Nehme, Saeed Ghalambor

This study aims to examine the effect of the antiwear resistance of plain zinc-dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP) oil in the presence of…

Extreme pressure properties of nanolubricants for metal-forming applications

Laura Peña-Parás, Demófilo Maldonado-Cortés, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Patricio García-Pineda, Gerardo Tadeo Garza, Mariana Irigoyen, Jorge Gutiérrez, Dario Sánchez

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the extreme pressure properties of CuO and TiO₂ nanoparticle additives with the incorporation of a surfactant within a synthetic fluid for…

A new temperature parameter set for characterizing the frictional temperature rise of disc brakes

Yan Yin, Xingming Xiao, Jiusheng Bao, Jinge Liu, Yuhao Lu, Yangyang Ji

The purpose of this study is to establish a new temperature set for characterizing the frictional temperature rise (FTR) of disc brakes. The FTR produced by braking is an…

Dynamic balance analysis of contamination control for hydraulic systems based on dynamic filtration ratio

Guangying Ma, Shurong Ning, Yunlong Hu, jun Gao

The aim of this study is to establish a dynamic model of the filtration ratio. For the problem that the measured value of the filtration ratio is far less than the theoretical…

Synthesis of high viscosity index base stock and study on the lubricating properties

Weiwei Wang, Shan Jiang, Yan Shen, Shunba Xia, Jiujun Xu

This paper aims to address the polymerization of 1-decene by [Emim]Cl/AlCl₃ ionic liquid and the film-forming properties of the product compared with commercially available base…

Laser surface texturing and its contribution to friction and wear reduction: a brief review

Ahmad Firdaus Shamsul Baharin, Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali, Juyana A Wahab

– The purpose of this paper is to make people aware of the increase usage of laser system in surface texturing process.

Thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of large scale composite thrust bearing with sector pad faced by PTFE

Shun Wang, Qingchang Tan, Zunquan Kou

The purpose of this paper was to construct lubrication model closer to the fact of thrust bearings and to calculate the bearings characteristics of lubrication for understanding…

Numerical analyses of turbulent flow behavior in plain journal bearing

Nadia Bendaoud, Mehala Kadda, Abdelkader Youcefi

This paper aims to investigate the fluid flow regime and the elastic effect in a plain cylindrical journal bearing subjected to highly severe operating velocity to better predict…

Multi-objective optimization design of engine crankshaft bearing

Jun Sun, Lei Shu, Xianhao Song, Guangsheng Liu, Feng Xu, Enming Miao, Zhihao Xu, Zheng Zhang, Junwei Zhao

This paper aims to use the crankshaft-bearing system of a four-cylinder internal combustion engine as the studying object, and develop a multi-objective optimization design of the…

The effect of colemanite on the friction performance of automotive brake friction materials

ilker Sugozu, ibrahim mutlu, Kezban Banu Sugozu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate use of colemanite (C) upon friction and wear performance of automotive brake lining. Brake lining production with the boron product…

Optimizing on hydrostatic structural parameters for regulatable dry gas seal based on central composite design test

Zhaoxu Jin, Shuangxi Li, Jining Cai, qiuxiang zhang

This paper aims to introduce a new type of analysis method to seek the actual working performance of the regulatable dry gas seal, including equilibrium film thickness…

Hydrodynamic lubrication of partial textured sliding journal bearing based on three-dimensional CFD

Xingxin Liang, Zhenglin Liu, Huanjie Wang, Xuhui Zhou, Xincong Zhou

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of partial texture location and dimple depth on load carrying capacity (LCC), friction coefficient and circumferential flow…

Effectiveness of multi-shape laser surface texturing in the reduction of friction under lubrication regime

Dawit Zenebe Segu, Pyung Hwang

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate and discuss the effect of multi-shape laser surface texturing (LST) steel surfaces on tribological performance.

Tribological behaviour of nitrided and nitrocarburized carbon steel used to produce engine parts

Sonia Patricia Brühl, Amado Cabo, Walter Tuckart, Germán Prieto

The purpose of this study is to select a proper surface treatment to enhance wear resistance of engine camshafts. The camshaft is a relevant part of a diesel engine which works…

Erosion wear performance of borax filled novel hybrid composites by using the Taguchi experimental design

Mehmet Bagci, Huseyin Imrek

This study aims to examine solid particle erosion behavior of novel hybrid composite materials where borax (B₂O₃) particles (∼150 μm) were added to glass fabric and epoxy resin at…

Surface crack propagation and morphology in cutting tools

Mathias Linz, Franz Walzhofer, Stefan Krenn, Andreas Steiger-Thirsfeld, Johannes Bernardi, Horst Winkelmann, Ewald Badisch

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the driving mechanisms for crack propagation regarding the related microstructures. Cracks in white etching layers have been found at…