Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 71 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Zhenyu Zhang, Andreas Rosenkranz

Tribocorrosion behavior of electroless Ni-P/Ni-B duplex coating on AA7075 aluminum alloy

Harun Mindivan

This paper aims to investigate the structural, corrosion and the study of tribocorrosion features of the AA7075 aluminum alloy with and without the application of electroless…

Effect of electron beam surface melting on the microstructure and wear behavior of Stellite 12 hardfacing

Ali Abdul Munim Alhattab, Shaikh Asad Ali Dilawary, Amir Motallebzadeh, Cevat Fahir Arisoy, Huseyin Cimenoglu

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of electron beam surface melting (EBSM) on the properties of Plasma Transfer Arc (PTA) deposited Stellite 12 hardfacing.

Characterization of the friction and wear effects of graphene nanoparticles in oil on the ring/cylinder liner of internal combustion engine

Selman Demirtas, Hakan Kaleli, Mahdi Khadem, Dae-Eun Kim

This study aims to investigate the tribological characteristics of a Napier-type second piston ring against a cylinder liner in the presence of graphene nano-additives mixed into…

Comparing the corrosion protection performance of graphene nanosheets and graphene quantum dots as nanofiller in epoxy coatings

Sepideh Pourhashem, Alimorad Rashidi, Mohammad Reza Vaezi

In this research, the effect of graphene nanosheets and graphene quantum dots (GQDs) as carbon-based nanofillers on corrosion protection performance of epoxy coatings is…

Optimization of texture geometry for a rotating ring to maximum load-carrying capacity

Zaihao Tian, Jin-Kui Ma, Lu Changhou, Shu-Jiang Chen

The purpose of this paper is to maximize the load-carrying capacity (LCC) of a rotating ring, a numerical model optimizing both the surface and bottom shape of its surface…

Parameter optimization of sealing performance for packer rubber

Fuying Zhang, Hao Che Shui, Yufei Zhang

The purpose of this paper is based on the response surface method, the authors determined the conditions for achieving the optimum rubber-sealing performance by using the maximum…

Improving surface quality in microcutting of 10B/Al composite

Xingjun Wang, Zhuoran Yang, Feifei Xu, Liping Wang

The microcutting performance of the ¹⁰B/Al composite is significantly poor because of the existence of hard boron particles. The effects of cutting parameters, including uncut…

The effect of rounding radius in bump foil structure on the static performance of foil journal bearings

Hongyang Hu, Ming Feng

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the rounding in bump foil on the static performance of air foil journal bearings.

MD simulation of stress-assisted nanometric cutting mechanism of 3C silicon carbide

Lei Liu, Zongwei Xu, Dongyu Tian, Alexander Hartmaier, Xichun Luo, Junjie Zhang, Kai Nordlund, Fengzhou Fang

This paper aims to reveal the mechanism for improving ductile machinability of 3C-silicon carbide (SiC) and associated cutting mechanism in stress-assisted nanometric cutting.

Analysis and simulation of straight-through labyrinth seal in hydrostatic support system

Xiumin Zhang, Mingfu Yin, Huilai Sun

The purpose of this paper is to improve the bearing capacity and mechanical properties of the oil pocket.

Effects of inhomogeneity on rolling contact fatigue life in elastohydrodynamically lubricated point contacts

Yuyan Zhang, Xiaoliang Yan, Xiaoqing Zhang, Juan Li, Fengna Cheng

This paper aims to investigate the effects of inhomogeneities on the rolling contact fatigue (RCF) life in elastohydrodynamically lubricated (EHL) point contacts.

Thermo-elastohydrodynamic simulation of the piston-cylinder contact in high-pressure pumps at 3000 bar

Ömer Özdemir, Felix Fischer, Adrian Rienäcker, Katharina Schmitz

The purpose of this paper is to show these effects in an abstracted micro gap test bench. Because of stronger emission laws, the ambition to raise the rail pressure in common-rail…

In situ Raman spectroscopy study on the effect of antioxidants on high temperature oxidation properties of TMPTO

Bingxue Cheng, Haitao Duan, Yongliang Jin, Lei Wei, Jia Dan, Song Chen, Jian Li

This paper aims to investigate the thermal oxidation characteristics of the unsaturated bonds (C=C) of trimethylolpropane trioleate (TMPTO) and to reveal the high temperature…

Microstructure and tribological property of self-lubrication CBN abrasive composites containing molybdenum disulfide

Biao Zhao, Wenfeng Ding, Weijie Kuang, Yucan Fu

This paper aims to evaluate the influence of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) concentrations (5, 7.5, 10, 12.5 and 15 Wt.%) on the microstructure and tribological property of the…

Effects of iron content on tribological properties of Cu-Fe-based friction material

Yanxin Zheng, Ying Liu, Feng Zheng, Qingsong Song, Caili Zhang, Jian Wang, Nan Dong, Aijuan Shi, Peide Han

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of iron content on the friction and wear performances of Cu–Fe-based friction materials under dry sliding friction and wear…

Influence of adhesion strength on cavitation erosion resistance of diamond-like carbon coating

Feng Cheng, Weixi Ji, Junhua Zhao

The disbonding of DLC coating is a main failure mode in the high-speed cavitation condition, which shortens the service life of the bearing. This study aims to investigate…