Lubricants, Volume 10, Issue 1

It is known that the elastic characteristics of polyamides change with increasing temperature; in particular, the Young’s modulus decreases significantly. This fact is practically not taken into account in design calculations of metal-polymer p...

Experimental results have confirmed that parallel rough surfaces can be separated by a full fluid film. However, such a lift-off effect is not expected by the traditional Reynolds theory. This paper proposes a deterministic mixed lubrication model to...

The active control of hydrodynamic bearings is beginning to receive more attention in the pursuit of lower power losses and reduced maintenance. This paper presents a method by which, from simple measurements, rich information can be deduced from a r...

Various textures are fabricated by a picosecond laser machine on the surfaces of circular stainless steel specimens. Vibrational and tribological effects of laser surface textures are investigated by means of a tribometer and a data acquisition and s...

Cage stability directly affects the dynamic performance of rolling bearing, which, in turn, affects the operating state of rotating equipment. The random collision between the rolling elements and the cage pocket is the main reason for cage instabili...

Tire performance is determined based on the interaction between the tire and the road as a counter-surface, and is of the utmost importance for driving safety. When studying tire friction and abrasion, the characteristics of the roads/counter-surface...

Solid lubricants, such as MoS2 have been widely used in the aerospace industry with the primary purpose of reducing the friction and wear of tribological interfaces. MoS2 based solid film lubricants are generally doped with other compounds, which can...

Four commercial viscosity index improvers (VII) have been used to investigate the behavioral differences of these compounds in three types of universally applicable base oils. The used VIIs are structurally three types of co-polymer: ethylene-propyle...

In this study, two polymeric materials were tested in a dry rotating “pin-on-disc” configuration against differently coated surfaces, to evaluate their tribological response under conditions, such as those of rotary lip seals, and to iden...

Currently, lightweight and high-strength polymer composites can provide weight savings in the automotive and process equipment industries by replacing metal parts. Polytetrafluoroethylene and polymer composites based on it are used in various tribolo...