Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 74 Issue 2

Effects of surface topography on cavitation evolution of liquid film lubricated mechanical seals

Zhen-Tao Li, Yangli Zhou, Xiaoli Yin, Muming Hao, Dechao Meng, Baojie Ren

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of surface topography, including surface roughness, waviness and taper, on the cavitation of liquid film lubricated…

Experimental study on reciprocating magnetorheological polishing

Rensheng Wang, Cong Sun, Shichao Xiu, Bo Li, Xiaohua Zhang

This paper aims to study the effects of the different processing parameters in the reciprocating magnetorheological polishing (RMRP) on the surface roughness (Ra) and material…

Research on lubrication and friction characteristics of oil seal with isosceles triangle texture and micro concave lip

Fuying Zhang, Yuanhao Zhang

This paper aims to study the effect of isosceles triangle micro concave texture with different parameters on the performance of oil seal to obtain a reasonable combination of…

Tribological investigation and process optimization of dry sliding wear behavior for WS2 solid lubricant layer deposition on Al 6061-T6 surface

Rajeshshyam R., Venkatraman R., Raghuraman S.

This tribological investigation aims to identify the effect of WS₂ deposition on the Al 6061 surface and optimize the dry sliding conditions to enhance the friction and abrasion…

Lubrication properties of silver complexes under the high temperature abrupt operating conditions

Xiuheng Zhang, Ningning Hu, Tianchi Chen, Songquan Wang

This study aims to prevent the sharp decline in the load-carrying capacity of lubricating oil film under harsh conditions of abrupt changes in friction interface temperature…

A numerical study on the influence of minimum quantity lubrication parameters on spray characteristics of rapeseed oil as cutting fluid

Sivakumar Subramani, Sivaram Nantha Muthu, Narendra Laxman Gajbhiye

This paper aims to analyze spray characteristics of rapeseed oil as a cutting fluid in minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) through numerical simulation.

Study on preparation process parameters and tribological properties of porous PI materials

Yanhong Yan, Chengwen Yang, Yanfei Zhou, Wenbin Dong, Pengjuan Yan, Zhining Jia

Previously, the effect of pore-forming agents on the properties of pore size and morphology was studied. In this paper, we determine the optimal combination of parameters by…

Tribological behavior of UHMWPE in water lubrication: the effect of molding temperature

Xincong Zhou, Chaozhen Yang, Jian Huang, Xueshen Liu, Da Zhong, Peng Wang, Gao Wan

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is adopted in water-lubricated bearings for its excellent performance. This paper aims to investigate the tribological properties…

Effects of morphology parameters of sinusoidal texture on tribological properties under dry friction

Jiawei Sun, Peng Yi, Hong-Yu Jia, Xiao-Shuang Yang, Yong-Jun Shi, Yancong Liu, Muming Hao

This paper aims to investigate the influence of sinusoidal texture (ST) with different morphology parameters on the corresponding tribological effects.

Tribological behaviors of HfC coating prepared on 45 steel via double glow plasma surface metallurgy technique

Kai Zang, Wenxin Chen, Wenping Liang, Qiang Miao, Wei Yao, Jingli Li, Yaoyao Ma

45 steel is a common material for the manufacture of various components such as shafts or gears. However, its poor surface properties often limit its applications. The purpose of…

Wear behavior and mechanical properties of AA8090 aluminum alloy reinforced with B4C-Al2O3 hybrid nanoparticles

Ramasubbu Narasimmalu, Ramabalan Sundaresan

AA8090 aluminum alloy is used in industrial applications for weight reduction purposes. However, its usage is limited due to shortcomings such as low wear resistance. Hence, the…

Analysis of elliptical dam bearing lubricated with micropolar fluid

Sanyam Sharma, Chimata Murali Krishna, Rajesh Singh

This paper aims to evaluate the theoretical performance of elliptical dam bearing (EDB). The objective of this paper is to study the influence of eccentricity ratio, dam…

Effects of operating parameters on flow force characteristics in a conical throttle valve

Beibei Li, Ruirui Li, Xiumei Liu, Qiao Zhao, Jichao Ma, Jie He

Flow force is one of the crucial factors affecting the performance of conical throttle valves. The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between the flow force…

Preparation process optimization of hard magnetic brake friction material based on NdFeB additive

Shaodi Zhao, Jiusheng Bao, Qingjin Zhang, Yan Yin, Xiaoyang Wang, Junwei Ai

This study aims to develop magnetic field-controlled friction braking technology, the preparation process of hard magnetic brake friction material was optimized and analyzed in…

Study on time-varying mixed lubrication performance of microgroove journal-thrust coupled bearing under water lubrication

Haiming Dai, Guo Xiang, Jiaxu Wang, Juan Guo, Cheng Wang, Hang Jia

The purpose of this study is to numerically investigate the time-varying mixed lubrication performance of microgroove journal-thrust coupled bearing (MJTCB) under nonlinear…

Wear particles recognition through teachable machine

Puja Prakash More, Maheshwar D. Jaybhaye

The purpose of this paper is to adapt teachable machine as a web-based tool for recognition of wear pattern and type of wear by training a convolutional neural network (CNN…

Effect of Y2O3 addition on microstructure and friction-wear performances of laser cladded CrNi coatings on AISI H13 steel

Li Wei, Kong Dejun

This paper aims to analyze the effect of Y₂O₃ mass fraction on the tribological performance of CrNi coating, which solved the problem of wear resistance on AISI H13 steel.