Lubricants, Volume 12, Issue 8

A heterostructure film composed of graphene and h-BN has superlubricity and long-term anti-corrosion performance, enabling its potential applications as low-friction and corrosion-resistant coatings, especially in marine environments. However, the gr...

To further improve the sealing effect of electrochemical polarization (EP) on the CrN coatings, the EP treatment at different cycle numbers was conducted. The microstructure, mechanical, and tribological properties of CrN coatings were investigated....

This study presents a numerical investigation into the adhesion strength of micro fibrillar structures, incorporating statistical analysis and the effects of excessive pre–load leading to fibril buckling. Fibrils are modeled as soft cylinders u...

Ball bearings operating at low speeds and under heavy loads are susceptible to wear failure, leading to significant economic losses. The existing reliability-based robust design optimization method of the fourth-moment method has high accuracy and do...

The aim of this study was to identify the areal surface parameters that correlated with lowering of sliding friction. Different ground surfaces were created on stainless steel and the lubricated sliding friction generated at the contact interface wit...

To meet the demand for energy-efficient and, at the same time, durable, functional components, the improvement of tribological behavior is playing an increasingly important role. One approach to reducing friction in lubricated tribological systems is...

The present study aims to efficiently predict the wear volume of a journal bearing under start–stop operating conditions. For this purpose, the wear data generated with coupled mixed-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (mixed-EHL) and a wear simula...

Spring-energized seals demonstrate good sealing performance over a wide range of pressures and temperatures and can compensate for installation eccentricity, high-temperature aging, etc. However, as a contact seal, its polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)...

Oil monitoring plays an important role in early maintenance of mechanical equipment on account of the fact that lubricating oil contains a large amount of wear information. However, due to extreme industrial environment and long-term service, the dat...

Hydrodynamic linear guides in machine tools offer a high load capacity and excellent damping characteristics, improving stability, precision, and vibration reduction. This study builds on previous research where floating heights were verified with a...

Grease lubrication is cost-effective and low-maintenance for motorized spindles, but standard steel bearings can fail at high speeds. This study focuses on high-speed full ceramic ball bearings lubricated with grease. The coefficient of friction torq...

Titanium alloys are difficult to machine and have poor tribological properties. Nanoparticles have good cooling and lubricating properties, which can be used in metal cutting fluid. The lubrication characteristics of the two-dimensional materials Ti₃...

In high-speed and heavy-load conditions, ordinary rigid tilting pad journal bearings experience significant contact stress at the pad pivot points, leading to severe pad deformation and increased wear. A flexible structure tilting pad bearing (FSTPB)...

In order to clarify the effect of mixed lubrication methods on the oil flow and power loss of the gearbox, this study adopts a high-precision moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method to investigate the lubrication of the gearbox under the joint inf...

Natural polyphenols found in plants are secondary metabolites and act as natural antioxidants. Phenols prevent lipid oxidation by donating their hydrogen to free radicals generated between reactions of oxygen with unsaturated fatty acids. This work a...

This paper investigates the impact of various manufacturing parameters on the mechanical and tribological properties of high-performance PLA (polylactic acid) parts produced using Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). It addresses the challenges associat...

An enhanced YOLOv8 algorithm is proposed in the following paper to address challenging issues encountered in ferrographic image target detection, such as the identification of complex-shaped wear particles, overlapping and intersecting wear particles...

Impact-sliding experiments were performed by using four self-made lithium-based greases, namely Yangtze Grease 1, Yangtze Grease 2, Yangtze Grease 3, and Yangtze Grease 4. The influence of base oil viscosity, thickener content, and morphology of thic...

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a surgical procedure for patients with pain and difficulty walking due to hip osteoarthritis. In primary THA, the acetabulum and femoral head are replaced by a prosthesis where the modular femoral head and inner liner...

This study investigates the effect of oil viscosity on pollutant emissions and fuel consumption of an internal combustion engine (ICE) at high altitudes using a response surface methodology (RSM). A Chevrolet Corsa Evolution 1.5 SOHC gasoline engine...

This work aims to demonstrate the discrepancy between the results achieved in the application of ball-on-flat devices. Meanwhile, the interaction between contact parameters and the morphology of friction surfaces will be considered. Flattening depend...

In order to improve fuel economy to meet the standard for passenger car oil, a new formulation with good viscosity–temperature performance for gasoline engine oil is required. In this study, coal-to-liquid (CTL) base oil, with a high viscosity...

Piston–cylinder pairs are very common in industrial mechanisms. While a piston is primarily designed for axial reciprocating motion, the occurrence of secondary motions—lateral and rotational—due to the small clearance between the p...

Owing to the requirements for high performance and long life, the friction and wear problems of rolling piston type rotary compressors have drawn much attention. Various theoretical models have been developed and improved to reveal the inner state of...

Within electrical contacts, poor electrical conductivity of lubricants can lead to triboelectric charging, causing electrostatic currents and thermal effects, which accelerate lubrication failure. This study aimed to address these challenges by produ...

Bearing life calculation is a well-researched and standardized topic for rotating operation conditions. However, there is still no validated and standardized calculation for oscillating operation, only different calculation approaches. Due to the inc...

To investigate the lubrication characteristics in high-speed train gearboxes, a two-stage herringbone gearbox with an idle gear was analyzed. The lubricant flow and distribution were shown using the moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method. A liqui...

In the past decade, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have attracted significant attention across various fields due to their compact size, light weight, high output voltage, versatile shapes, and strong compatibility. However, substantial wear at...

As public attention is increasingly drawn toward more sustainable transportation methods, the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) as part of the solution is rapidly expanding. Operating conditions within EVs can be severe compared to standard combu...

Traditional cement epoxy pavements suffer from inherent limitations such as terrible tribological properties, poor wear resistance, and weak impact resistance, presenting significant challenges to ensure the safety and continuous operation of urban r...

Ductile iron is a heterogeneous material. The presence of spherical graphite and a hard and brittle structure makes the surface of the workpiece easily form pits and crack defects under harsh grinding conditions, which seriously affects the service l...

Ti₃SiC₂/Cu composites were prepared using spark plasma sintering technology, and the effect of the velocity–load bivariate on the tribological behaviors of the Ti₃SiC₂/Cu-45# steel tribo-pair at 800 °C was investigated. The physical change...

PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) is a high-performance thermoplastic polymer with excellent mechanical, thermal and chemical stability. PEEK has good performance, and is widely used in hydraulic motors. However, there are few studies on the friction an...

In this work, studies were performed on oxidative stability by determining the transmittance spectra, the components and trichomatic coordinates, and the color differences for grape seed oils (GSO) subjected to a forced oxidation treatment at tempera...