Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 62 Issue 4

Abrasive behavior of discontinuous fiber reinforced polypropylene material

C. Subramanian, S. Senthilvelan

The purpose of this paper is to understand the influence of reinforced fiber length over material‐plastic energy of deformation, clogging, crystallinity, and correlates with the…

Base medium effect on the tribological behavior of oil‐water double soluble bismuth dithiophosphate

Jian Fang, Yubin Sun, Yanqiu Xia, Weimin Liu

The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of base media on the tribological performance and tribochemistry of bismuth thiophosphate additive.

The effects of the total bearing deformation on the performance of hydrodynamic thrust bearings

Gultekin Karadere

The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of the total bearing deformation on the performance of hydrodynamic thrust bearings.

Laser gas‐assisted nitriding of steel: residual stress analysis

Bekir Yilbas, A.F.M. Arif, Cihan Karatas, B.J. Abdul Aleem, Nouer Tabet

The laser nitriding process is involved with high temperature heating and high cooling rates. This, in turn, results in high levels of thermal stresses in the heated region…

Application of oil‐in‐water emulsion in hot rolling process of brass sheet

Xianguo Hu, Yourong Wang, Hefeng Jing

The purpose of this paper is to develop a new oil‐in‐water (O/W) emulsion used for alpha phase brass, which can increase the antiwear and anti‐galling abilities of the rollers…

Wear properties of magnesium matrix composites reinforced with SiO2 particles

Mustafa Aydin, Fehim Findik

The purpose of this paper is to improve the wear resistance and tribological properties of magnesium and its alloys in order to apply them to the friction components.

Thin film elastohydrodynamic lubrication of circular contacts at pure squeeze motion

Li‐Ming Chu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the pure squeeze thin film elastohydrodynamic lubrication (TFEHL) motion of circular contacts with adsorption layers attached to each…

Aerosols – a growing market for lubricants