Combined Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Frictional Performance of Lubricated Untextured and Partially Textured Sliders

Teo, Wei J.; Dolatabadi, Nader; Rahmani, Ramin; Morris, Nick; Rahnejat, Homer

doi:10.3390/lubricants6040088

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Combined Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Frictional Performance of Lubricated Untextured and Partially Textured Sliders

by

Wei J. Teo

,

Nader Dolatabadi

,

Ramin Rahmani

^*

,

Nick Morris

and

Homer Rahnejat

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK

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Lubricants 2018, 6(4), 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants6040088

Submission received: 3 August 2018 / Revised: 30 August 2018 / Accepted: 7 September 2018 / Published: 1 October 2018

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribological Performance of Textured Surfaces)

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The study of textured surface performance is one of the highly researched topics in recent times. This is mainly due to the advantages that such surfaces can potentially provide in practice, in mitigating adverse tribological conditions, such as friction and wear. However, considering the complexities found in practice, a methodological analysis and evaluation procedure is essential in order to gain an understanding of the benefits from utilising such features in a given contact. The current study provides a combined analytical and experimental approach towards an enhanced understanding of the behaviour of textured surfaces relative to their untextured counterparts. The developed analytical models are invaluable in providing an insight into the relationship between the many parameters involved in defining even simple surface texture feature geometry and the expected outcomes in practice, when corroborated with experimental results. The current study reports on such an endeavour. With the studied texture configuration, the results have shown the possibility of reducing friction by as much as 25%.

Keywords: surface texturing; friction; lubrication; sliding contact

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Teo, W.J.; Dolatabadi, N.; Rahmani, R.; Morris, N.; Rahnejat, H. Combined Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Frictional Performance of Lubricated Untextured and Partially Textured Sliders. Lubricants 2018, 6, 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants6040088

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Teo WJ, Dolatabadi N, Rahmani R, Morris N, Rahnejat H. Combined Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Frictional Performance of Lubricated Untextured and Partially Textured Sliders. Lubricants. 2018; 6(4):88. https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants6040088

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Teo, Wei J., Nader Dolatabadi, Ramin Rahmani, Nick Morris, and Homer Rahnejat. 2018. "Combined Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Frictional Performance of Lubricated Untextured and Partially Textured Sliders" Lubricants 6, no. 4: 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants6040088

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Teo, W. J., Dolatabadi, N., Rahmani, R., Morris, N., & Rahnejat, H. (2018). Combined Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Frictional Performance of Lubricated Untextured and Partially Textured Sliders. Lubricants, 6(4), 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants6040088

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