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Lubricants, Volume 11, Issue 6

2023 June - 36 articles

Cover Story: Rotary shaft seals are used in many automotive and industrial applications. The associated challenges increase continuously. Hence, in-depth knowledge of structural mechanics is essential for the design and optimization of such sealing systems. High complexity results are gathered here from the multiscale interactions in the tribological system rotary shaft seal. Both numerical and experimental methods serve to study these effects. Multiscale finite element models allow the simulation of the macroscopic deformations of the sealing ring and the microscopic deformations in the sealing contact. Special test rigs provide visual in situ analyses of the sealing contact in operation. This yields a solid and profound understanding of the multiscale structural mechanics of rotary shaft seals. View this paper
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Articles (36)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,363 Views
13 Pages

To realize the classification of lubricating oil types using mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy, linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was used for the dimensionality reduction of spectrum data, and the classification model was established based on the sup...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Machine Learning in Tribology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,280 Views
13 Pages

The dynamic and static characteristics of hydrostatic thrust bearings are significantly affected by the bearing surface topography. Previous studies on hydrostatic thrust bearings have focused on Gaussian distribution models of bearing surface topogr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Textured Surfaces)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,160 Views
19 Pages

Application of Load-Sharing Concept to Mechanical Seals

  • Mohsen Rahimpour,
  • Alireza Samadani and
  • Saleh Akbarzadeh

Mechanical seals are mechanisms that are used to prevent fluid leakage. Since the seal surfaces are in contact with one another, hydrodynamic and contact forces are functions of surface roughness. Additionally, since the lubrication regime under spec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribological Properties and Failure Prediction in Mechanical Elements)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,066 Views
22 Pages

Wear is a tremendously important phenomenon, which takes place on the surfaces of two solids in contact under cyclic loads and constitutes one of the most-significant ways of failure for mechanical elements. However, it is not the only source of fail...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Wear Predictive Models)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,862 Views
19 Pages

Tribological, Oxidation and Thermal Analysis of Advanced Microwave–Hydrothermal Synthesised Ti3C2Tx MXene as Additives in Outboard Engine Oil

  • Haizum Aimi Zaharin,
  • Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali,
  • Mohammad Khalid,
  • Thachnatharen Nagarajan,
  • Wong Weng Pin,
  • Farah Ezzah,
  • Ong Gerard,
  • Rashmi Walvekar and
  • Abdul Khaliq Rasheed

In today’s fast, globalised world, lubrication has become essential in enhancing engine efficiency, including in the marine sector. While the number of fishing vessels increased, so did the environmental pollution issues, due to inefficient eng...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Boundary Lubrication)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,577 Views
17 Pages

Several surface topography parameters are available for the quantification of tribological properties of machined surfaces. Although these parameters and their influences are widely studied, there are contradictory findings due to the nature of the t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,446 Views
20 Pages

A Mixed Lubrication Deterministic Model of an Elastic Support Water-Lubricated Tilting Pad Thrust Bearing

  • Xingxin Liang,
  • Muyu Han,
  • Tao He,
  • Lijun Cui,
  • Zhiyong Yang and
  • Wu Ouyang

In order to study the effect of surface roughness on lubrication performance of an elastic support water-lubricated tilting pad thrust bearing, a mixed lubrication (ML) deterministic model is hereby presented based on a unified Reynolds equation mode...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Tribology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,259 Views
19 Pages

This research paper delves into an innovative utilization of neurosymbolic programming for forecasting wear rates in aluminum-silicon carbide (Al/SiC) metal matrix composites (MMCs). The study scrutinizes compositional transformations in MMCs with va...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Friction and Wear of Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,407 Views
18 Pages

The Enhancement of Overall Performance of Lubricating Grease by Adding Layered Double Hydroxides

  • Yong Li,
  • Weidong Zhou,
  • Wanan Xue,
  • Yongwang Huang,
  • Qiang Zhang and
  • Jingbin Han

In this work, MgAl-layered double hydroxides (LDH) were synthesized by co-precipitation method using a colloid mill and characterized by XRD and SEM. It was found that the environmentally friendly LDHs had greater performance than the traditional ant...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additives for Lubricating Oil and Grease: Mechanism, Properties and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,915 Views
14 Pages

In order to improve the tribological properties of calcium sulfonate complex–polyurea grease, WS2 nanoparticles were used as additives to prepare WS2 calcium sulfonate complex–polyurea grease. The tribological behavior of WS2 grease on th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additives for Lubricating Oil and Grease: Mechanism, Properties and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,497 Views
19 Pages

The high-temperature superlubricity performances of h-BN coatings on the nontextured and textured surface of an Inconel X750 alloy is reported in the present paper. The hardness and bond strength of the h-BN coating and alloy were investigated. The t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Tribology: New Insights toward a Sustainable World 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,252 Views
20 Pages

A flexible structure is applied to improve the lubrication performance of a misaligned journal bearing. The journal bearing is a representative sliding bearing, and there is damage due to metal-to-metal contact as a result of misalignment. Since misa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,711 Views
43 Pages

Surface Properties and Tribological Behavior of Additively Manufactured Components: A Systematic Review

  • Christian Orgeldinger,
  • Armin Seynstahl,
  • Tobias Rosnitschek and
  • Stephan Tremmel

Innovative additive manufacturing processes for resilient and sustainable production will become even more important in the upcoming years. Due to the targeted and flexible use of materials, additive manufacturing allows for conserving resources and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current and Future Trends in Tribological Research: Fundamentals and Applications–The 10th Anniversary of Lubricants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,937 Views
22 Pages

Gear wear is unavoidable and results in vibrations and decreased performance in a planetary gear system. In this work, the wear phenomenon of the gear teeth surface and the dynamic responses of the planetary gear mechanism are investigated through a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,373 Views
15 Pages

Machine Learning Composite-Nanoparticle-Enriched Lubricant Oil Development for Improved Frictional Performance—An Experiment

  • Ali Usman,
  • Saad Arif,
  • Ahmed Hassan Raja,
  • Reijo Kouhia,
  • Andreas Almqvist and
  • Marcus Liwicki

Improving the frictional response of a functional surface interface has been a significant research concern. During the last couple of decades, lubricant oils have been enriched with several additives to obtain formulations that can meet the requirem...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Machine Learning in Tribology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,278 Views
19 Pages

Review of the Modeling Methods of Bucket Tooth Wear for Construction Machinery

  • Zhengxing Dong,
  • Feng Jiang,
  • Yuanqiang Tan,
  • Fuzeng Wang,
  • Rong Ma and
  • Jiawen Liu

Construction machinery, which is widely used in infrastructure construction, is growing rapidly all over the word. However, the complex working conditions of construction machinery lead to serious wear, particularly the wear of the bucket teeth on co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribological Properties and Failure Prediction in Mechanical Elements)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,721 Views
14 Pages

This study designed an externally pressurized bearing and analyzed the rotordynamics of a turbo expander for a hydrogen liquefaction plant. The turbo expander, comprising a turbine and compressor wheel assembled to a shaft, lowered the temperature of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,180 Views
23 Pages

Bearing Non-Uniform Loading Condition Monitoring Based on Dual-Channel Fusion Improved DenseNet Network

  • Yanfei Zhang,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Lijie Wang,
  • Dongya Li,
  • Wenxue Zhang and
  • Lingfei Kong

Misalignment or unbalanced loading of machine tool spindle bearings often results in skewed bearing operation, which makes the spindle more susceptible to failure. In addition, due to the weak impact signal of the bearing in skewed operation, a singl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Bearing Lubrication and Thermodynamics 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,740 Views
17 Pages

Titanium alloys have been of paramount interest to the aerospace industry due to their attractive characteristics. However, these alloys are difficult to machine and require grinding post-processes for quality assurance of the products. Conventional...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Minimum Quantity Lubrication: Environmental Alternatives in Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,736 Views
21 Pages

This study explores the performance of micro-textured tools when cutting GH4169 during spray cooling. First, the morphologies of the micro-textures were selected according to the simulation and experiments. Secondly, cutting experiments were carried...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Friction and Wear of Cutting Tools and Cutting Tool Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,092 Views
19 Pages

The multi-lip combined seal has the advantages of multi-lip coupling, large supporting force, and can withstand high-pressure shocks. It is an irreplaceable structure for single-lip seals. However, most of the seal wear analysis focuses on the simula...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modelling in Tribology and Biotribology)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,368 Views
3 Pages

Rolling Contact Fatigue and White Etching Cracks of Bearings

  • Walter Martin Holweger and
  • Jürgen Gegner

Lubricants have taken a leading role as drive- train system components in recent years, mainly attributed to their viscosity as a quality criterion [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rolling Contact Fatigue and White Etching Cracks of Bearings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,007 Views
25 Pages

Eccentric Rotor Drop Dynamics Study of Vertical Maglev Bearing System

  • Xiaoxu Pang,
  • Dingkang Zhu,
  • Ming Qiu,
  • Dongfeng Wang and
  • Xinlong Wang

When considering the problem of a vertical magnetic levitation bearing system, the rotor eccentric fall is more likely to cause the failure of the protective bearing. In this paper, a rotor drop collision model and a protective bearing dynamics model...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Bearing Lubrication and Thermodynamics 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,634 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of Tool Wear in GH4169 Material Milling Process

  • Xueguang Li,
  • Wang Zhang,
  • Liqin Miao and
  • Zhaohuan Pang

Nickel-based superalloy GH4169 is a material with strong mechanical properties and is difficult to process. In order to reduce tool wear during material processing and improve the workpiece surface processing quality, based on the finite element simu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Friction and Wear of Cutting Tools and Cutting Tool Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,600 Views
18 Pages

Synergistic Lubrication Mechanism of Nano-Fluid and Grinding Wheel Prepared by CNTs@T304 Nano-Capsules

  • Jiju Guan,
  • Zhengbing Zhu,
  • Lanyu Yang,
  • Yu Xia,
  • Xuefeng Xu and
  • Shuiquan Huang

Grinding fluid often struggles to enter the grinding area and overcoming this challenge has been a major focus of research in recent years. Therefore, CNTs@T304 nano-capsules are prepared by filling the cavities of CNTs with a lubricant of T304. CNTs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,836 Views
24 Pages

This paper aims to investigate the combined effects of working condition and structural parameters of groove texture on the dynamic characteristics, stability and unbalance response of a water-lubricated hydrodynamic bearing–rotor system to avo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,155 Views
15 Pages

Erosive Wear Behavior of Novel Hybrid Multicomponent Cast Alloys with Different C and B Contents

  • Riki Hendra Purba,
  • Kenta Kusumoto,
  • Kazumichi Shimizu and
  • Vasily Efremenko

Multicomponent and high-boron cast alloys have been recognized as materials with excellent wear resistance due to the formation of hard phases called carbides and borides. However, the wear performance of the combination of these two materials called...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frictional Behavior and Wear Performance of Cast Irons)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,401 Views
12 Pages

Degradation Effects of Base Oils after Thermal and Electrical Aging for EV Thermal Fluid Applications

  • Bernardo Tormos,
  • Vicente Bermúdez,
  • Santiago Ruiz and
  • Jorge Alvis-Sanchez

This study presents the experimental results of the effects on base oils after thermal and electrical aging to determine key parameters of next-generation fluids for thermal management in electric vehicles. The test fluids selected were a mineral bas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribology in Mobility, Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,586 Views
18 Pages

This paper proposes a fluid-structure interaction (FSI) numerical calculation method for investigation of the elastohydrodynamic lubrication performance of the rubber-plastic double-layer water-lubricated journal bearings. The accuracy and rapidity o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Water-Lubricated Bearings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,972 Views
15 Pages

Tool Wear and Surface Integrity of γ-TiAl Cryogenic Coolant Machining at Various Cutting Speed Levels

  • Xiangyu Wang,
  • Xiaoxia Zhang,
  • Duo Pan,
  • Jintao Niu,
  • Xiuli Fu and
  • Yang Qiao

High-speed machining of γ-TiAl alloy is a significant challenge due to high cutting temperatures. From the perspective of environmental protection and improving tool life, appropriate cooling strategies should be adopted. Compared with dry and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Friction and Wear of Cutting Tools and Cutting Tool Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,070 Views
22 Pages

Novel Process Modeling of Magnetic-Field Assisted Finishing (MAF) with Rheological Properties

  • Bibek Poudel,
  • Hoa Nguyen,
  • Guangchao Song,
  • Patrick Kwon and
  • Haseung Chung

The performance of a magnetic-field-assisted finishing (MAF) process, an advanced surface finishing process, is severely affected by the rheological properties of an MAF brush. The yield stress and viscosity of the MAF brush, comprising iron particle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,737 Views
12 Pages

When a tribological system is operated for the first time, the first hours of operation are of the utmost importance as the surfaces of the contacting elements mate to each other, involving significant wear processes until the surfaces reach stable t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribology in Mobility, Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,144 Views
14 Pages

Limitary State of Heavy-Duty Engine Oils and Their Evaluation According to the Change of Tribological Properties during Operation

  • Juozas Padgurskas,
  • Darius Volskis,
  • Raimundas Rukuiža,
  • Artūras Kupčinskas,
  • Nino Basheleishvili and
  • Simona Tučkutė

The tribological properties of engine oils for heavy-duty trucks are evaluated, taking into consideration their variation during operation. After testing new oils or oils after a 2500 km and 5000 km run, there were no essential differences in their t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress and Challenges in Lubrication: Green Tribology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,987 Views
17 Pages

The conventional pneumatic Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL), when not properly designed, may have poor atomization and insufficient wetting performance, resulting in higher oil mist concentration and poor film formation ability in the cutting zone....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biolubricants in Machining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,941 Views
19 Pages

Although rotary shaft seals have been used successfully in many industrial applications for decades, their tribological behavior is still not completely understood. In-depth knowledge of the structural mechanics is essential for the design and optimi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribological Properties and Failure Prediction in Mechanical Elements)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,418 Views
16 Pages

Numerical Simulation of the Lubricant-Solid Interface Using the Multigrid Method

  • Ruchita Patel,
  • Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan,
  • Vasilios Bakolas and
  • Adil Saeed

Solid asperity interactions are common and inevitable under severe loading conditions for any lubricated contact. Heavy-duty machine components (gears, bearings, etc.) generally operate under Mixed Lubrication (ML), where uneven surface features cont...

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