Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 70 Issue 5

Evaluation of hydrodynamic lubrication performance of textured surface from the perspective of skewness and kurtosis

Xia He, Wenling Liao, Guorong Wang, Lin Zhong, Mengyuan Li

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of texture on hydrodynamic lubrication performance of slide surface from the perspective of skewness and kurtosis.

Porous exponential slider bearings lubricated with MHD-couple stress fluid

N.B. Naduvinamani, Shridevi S. Hosmani

The purpose of this study is to examine the magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) effect on porous exponential slider bearings lubricated with couple stress fluid and to derive the modified…

Coupling effects of the impact factors in micro-scale on the performance of aerostatic guideway

Dongju Chen, Lihua Dong, Ri Pan, Jinwei Fan, Qiang Cheng

The purpose of this study is to investigate the coupling effects of the velocity slip, rarefaction effect and effective viscosity of the gas film on the performance of the…

Comparative study of response surface methodology and hybrid back-propagation network for optimizing friction coefficient for textured surface under cavitation conditions

Yang Mao, Liangcai Zeng

The purpose of this study is to establish a friction coefficient prediction model using texture parameters and then using the optimal texture parameters to obtain the minimum…

Tribological performance of avocado oil containing copper nanoparticles in mixed and boundary lubrication regime

Wani Khalid Shafi, Ankush Raina, Mir Irfan Ul Haq

This paper aims to study the tribological performance of Cu nanoparticles mixed in avocado oil.

Squeeze film characteristics of Ferro-coupled stress inertial fluids in conical plates

Maghsood Daliri, Nader Javani

The purpose of this paper is to investigate squeezing motion between conical plates lubricated by ferro-fluid couple stress lubricants considering convective fluid inertia effects.

Effect of electromagnetic field on tribological properties of two lubricating oils containing zinc dithiophosphate

Zeqi Jiang, Jianhua Fang, Fei Chen, Boshui Chen, Kecheng Gu

This paper aims at understanding tribological properties of lubricating oils doped with zinc dithiophosphate(ZDDP) with and without electromagnetic field impact.

Tribological characteristics comparison of formulated palm trimethylolpropane ester and polyalphaolefin for cam/tappet interface of direct acting valve train system

Rehan Zahid, Masjuki Hj. Hassan, Abdullah Alabdulkarem, Mahendra Varman, Md. Abul Kalam, Riaz Ahmad Mufti, Nurin Wahidah Mohd Zulkifli, Mubashir Gulzar, Muhammad Usman Bhutta, Mian Ashfaq Ali, Usman Abdullah, Robiah H. Yunus

There is a continuous drive in automotive sector to shift from conventional lubricants to environmental friendly ones without adversely affecting critical tribological performance…

Tribological properties of brake friction materials containing fly ash

Banu Sugözü

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential of fly ash in automotive brake lining materials.

Optimizations of RZ5-TiC magnesium matrix composite wear parameters using Taguchi approach

Deepak Mehra, Manas Mohan Mahapatra, Suraj Prakash Harsha

The advancement in modern manufacturing technology generated the need to develop new materials for better wear resistance. The purpose of this paper is to use the Taguchi…