Wire Rope Lubrication and Corrosion Protection
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 2497
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fretting fatigue; electromechanical corrosion; lubrication
Interests: bridge engineering; corrosion fatigue; long-term performance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Steel wire ropes, due to their capacity to support large axial loads with comparatively small bending or torsional stiffness, have been widely employed in various engineering applications, such as coal mine hoists, bridges, drilling rigs, cranes, lifts, sea mooring lines, aerial ropeways and ski lifts. Nowadays, attributed to the harsh application conditions of an ultra-long carrying distance, ultra-large load, ultra-high running speed of steel wire rope, and complex environment conditions (ultraviolet radiation, alternating temperature and humidity, rain, corrosive gas, corrosive liquid and other environments), new challenges are being faced in terms of how to ensure and improve the service safety and reliability of steel wire rope.
Structurally, hoisting rope is twisted tightly between strands and strands, wires and wires. The combined roles of cyclic stretching, bending and torsional loads, as well as complex and harsh environmental conditions, easily result in wear, corrosion, fatigue crack initiation, propagation and final fracture, which accelerates the failure of the rope and even causes catastrophic rope breakage accidents.
Lubrication and corrosion protection are assumed to be the most effective methods to minimize wear, corrosion and fatigue degradation and thereby prolong the service life of steel wire rope. Therefore, it is of great importance to select new and advanced lubrication materials, surface coating materials and anticorrosion measures for rope wires under complex and harsh environmental conditions in order to ensure proper friction and lubrication states between contact pairs.
The current Special Issue aims to bring together contributions from world-leading scientists working in the fields of rope tribology, lubrication and corrosion protection, with the goal of deepening our understanding on how best to prolong the service lives of steel wire ropes in distinct engineering backgrounds. Contributions are welcome from all scientists working in lubrication, corrosion, tribology and other areas related to steel wire ropes.
Prof. Dr. Dagang Wang
Prof. Dr. Guowen Yao
Dr. Songquan Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- steel wire rope
- tribology
- lubrication
- corrosion protection
