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  • Open Access
10 Citations
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Prediction of Tensile Strength in Friction Welding Joins Made of SA213 Tube to SA387 Tube Plate through Optimization Techniques

  • Senthil Kumaran S,
  • Kathiravan Srinivasan,
  • Srinivasan Narayanan and
  • Alex Noel Joseph Raj

6 December 2019

In modern times, the Industry X.0 has emerged as the paradigm that has become the core of digital technology-driven business organizations. Further, this paper establishes a tube to tube plate friction welding technology with the help of deploying an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,692 Views
19 Pages

14 July 2023

At present, there are very few vibration test designs for compressor stator blades in damped blade test research, and there is a lack of consideration of the holding ring structure of the blade installation. In recent years, compressor designs have b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,465 Views
25 Pages

In reported experiments, a steel indenter was pressed into a soft elastomer layer under varying inclination angles and subsequently was detached under various inclination angles too. The processes of indentation and detachment were recorded with a vi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,668 Views
18 Pages

Experimental Study on the Slip–Stick Vibration of Plane Gate

  • Yanzhao Wang,
  • Guobin Xu,
  • Zhicheng Liu and
  • Deming Yang

21 March 2024

The slip–stick vibration intensity of a plane gate is usually large, which often brings serious safety risks to itself and the auxiliary structure. The slip–stick vibration of a plane gate is investigated using an experimental model test....

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,686 Views
16 Pages

Field-Scale Experimental Study on the Perforation Erosion in Horizontal Wellbore under Real Fracturing Conditions

  • Baocheng Wu,
  • Fujian Zhou,
  • Mingxing Wang,
  • Zhenhu Lv,
  • Minghui Li,
  • Bo Wang,
  • Xiaodong Guo and
  • Jingchen Zhang

25 May 2022

Limited-entry fracturing (LEF) technology is a widely used method to realize the simultaneous propagation of multiple fractures in horizontal wells. The key of this technology is to create high perforation friction to maintain the high treatment pres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,505 Views
25 Pages

Selective laser melting is a frequently used, powder bed fusion additive manufacturing technology for producing metallic parts. However, appropriate surface quality cannot be achieved, so post-processing is often necessary. Subsequent machining of su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,112 Views
19 Pages

Effect of Interlayer and Inclined Screw Arrangements on the Load-Bearing Capacity of Timber-Concrete Composite Connections

  • Yuri De Santis,
  • Martina Sciomenta,
  • Luca Spera,
  • Vincenzo Rinaldi,
  • Massimo Fragiacomo and
  • Chiara Bedon

26 November 2022

The solution of timber-to-concrete composite (TCC) floors represents a well-established construction technique, which is consistently used for both the retrofitting of existing timber floors and the realization of new diaphragms. The success of TCC f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,023 Views
20 Pages

Efficient Development of Green Emulsifier/Emollient-Based Emulsion Vehicles: From RSM Optimal Experimental Design to Abridged In Vivo Assessment

  • Mila Vukašinović,
  • Sanela Savić,
  • Nebojša Cekić,
  • Tanja Ilić,
  • Ivana Pantelić and
  • Snežana D. Savić

Since natural-origin, sustainable ingredients are preferred by modern consumers, novel emulsifiers and emollients keep entering the market. This study hypothesizes that a combination of in silico, instrumental tools and simplified sensory studies cou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,414 Views
16 Pages

Analysis of Dynamic Wear Characteristics of Joint Contact Friction Pair of Excavators Working Device

  • Xuehui Chen,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Wei Li,
  • Zijian Wang,
  • Zhengbin Zhang,
  • Ting Gao and
  • Wei Liu

The working device of an excavator in construction machinery is prone to damage and wear under ordinary working conditions. Based on a model of an excavator under typical working conditions, the dynamic load-bearing situation of the three main joint...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,070 Views
17 Pages

This study explores, through a full factorial experimental design, the effects of graphite concentration and spray flow rate on the morphology, thickness, and tribological performance of graphite coatings for potential tribological applications. Coat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,117 Views
16 Pages

Statistical and Artificial Neural Network Coupled Technique for Prediction of Tribo-Performance in Amine-Cured Bio-Based Epoxy/MMT Nanocomposites

  • Nithesh Naik,
  • Ritesh Bhat,
  • B. Shivamurthy,
  • Raviraj Shetty,
  • Parikshith R. Parashar and
  • Adithya Lokesh Hegde

6 September 2023

This study explores the effects of four independent variables—the nanoclay weight percentage, sliding velocity, load, and sliding distance—on the wear rate and frictional force of nanoclay-filled FormuLITETM amine-cured bio-based epoxy co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,419 Views
17 Pages

22 December 2024

Currently, few studies have been conducted on the use of fluorocarbon resin (FEVE) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as adhesive substrates and lubricating and anti-corrosion fillers, respectively, for the fabrication of PTFE-reinforced fluorocarbon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,686 Views
25 Pages

The Effect of Fiber Weight Fraction on Tribological Behavior for Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer

  • Corina Birleanu,
  • Razvan Udroiu,
  • Mircea Cioaza,
  • Marius Pustan,
  • Bere Paul and
  • Cristian Vilau

9 March 2025

The tribological performance of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composites is essential for applications in automotive, aerospace, and industrial sectors. This study investigates the effect of fiber weight fraction ratio (wf.) (50%, 65%, and 70...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
8,160 Views
18 Pages

The Use of Empirical Methods for Testing Granular Materials in Analogue Modelling

  • Domenico Montanari,
  • Andrea Agostini,
  • Marco Bonini,
  • Giacomo Corti and
  • Chiara Del Ventisette

9 June 2017

The behaviour of a granular material is mainly dependent on its frictional properties, angle of internal friction, and cohesion, which, together with material density, are the key factors to be considered during the scaling procedure of analogue mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
598 Views
25 Pages

27 September 2025

Even though the foundations of diamond burnishing as a research topic were laid long ago, numerous scientific papers still deal with examining various aspects of the burnishing process today. One such aspect is the investigation of the 3D roughness p...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Performance Evaluation of a Halbach Permanent Magnet Axial Protection Bearing Under Vertical Magnetic Levitation Flywheel Rotor Drop

  • Dengke Li,
  • Jun Ye,
  • Gang Chen,
  • Lai Hu,
  • Zixi Wang,
  • Taishun Qian,
  • Jiahao Zhang,
  • Mengchen Zi and
  • Chao Liang

This study addresses the issues with traditional rolling protection bearings in vertical magnetic levitation flywheel energy storage systems (FESSs), which are prone to impact, wear, and temperature rise under abnormal conditions, such as drops. It d...

  • Data Descriptor
  • Open Access
547 Views
13 Pages

20 November 2025

When the Colebrook equation is used in its original implicit form, the unknown pipe flow friction factor can only be obtained through time-consuming and computationally demanding iterative calculations. The empirical Colebrook equation relates the un...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,663 Views
21 Pages

A Fractal Prediction Model for the Friction Coefficient of Wet Clutch Friction Plates

  • Jianfeng Cao,
  • Sirui Yang,
  • Zhigang Chen,
  • Haoxuan Sun,
  • Fenglian Ning and
  • Heyun Bao

23 December 2024

The motion state of the friction plate in a wet friction clutch is investigated by analyzing the causes of friction coefficient formation. This study establishes static and dynamic friction coefficient models for the friction plate based on a fractal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,349 Views
15 Pages

3 July 2023

Resin-based friction materials have been widely used in the friction braking of automobiles and power machinery. Based on experiments for the variation law of friction and wear morphology, a new model for the friction coefficient of resin-based frict...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,571 Views
9 Pages

The tribology of lubricated poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK)—steel tribosystems was investigated in the static and boundary friction regime. Pentaerythrite ester and trimellitic acid ester were used as lubricants. The lubricants differed in their mole...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,809 Views
13 Pages

Friction and Wear between Polymer and Metal in the Mixing Process

  • Yiren Pan,
  • Lin Zhu,
  • Huaqiao Liu,
  • Meng Zhang,
  • Wenwen Han,
  • Chuansheng Wang and
  • Huiguang Bian

4 December 2019

In order to obtain a longer mixing chamber life, a layer of hard alloy coating is generally welded on the surface. However, when the mixing chamber is used for a long time, the surface will be worn due to friction with small fillers and rubber. As a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,116 Views
19 Pages

Experimental Evaluation of Interfacial Surface Cracks in Friction Welded Dissimilar Metals through Image Segmentation Technique (IST)

  • Gulam Mohammed Sayeed Ahmed,
  • Ali Algahtani,
  • Essam R. I. Mahmoud and
  • Irfan Anjum Badruddin

4 December 2018

Surface cracks on the friction welded interface of dissimilar metals are one of the earliest indications of degradation of the joint, which is a critical aspect for the welding strength. By manual inspection of the friction welded joint, observations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,605 Views
13 Pages

The Influence of Isotropic Surface Roughness of Steel Sliders on Ice Friction Under Different Testing Conditions

  • Igor Velkavrh,
  • Jānis Lungevičs,
  • Ernests Jansons,
  • Stefan Klien,
  • Joël Voyer and
  • Florian Ausserer

26 November 2019

Ice friction is affected by various system and surface-related parameters such as ice temperature, ambient air temperature and humidity, relative sliding velocity, specific surface pressures and surface texture (waviness, roughness) as well as the ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,224 Views
10 Pages

Low Friction at the Nanoscale of Hydrogenated Fullerene-Like Carbon Films

  • Zhao Liu,
  • Yongfu Wang,
  • Thilo Glatzel,
  • Antoine Hinaut,
  • Junyan Zhang and
  • Ernst Meyer

Friction force microscopy experiments at the nanometer scale are applied to study low friction of hydrogenated fullerene-like carbon films. The measured friction coefficients indicate that lower hydrogen concentration during preparation is beneficial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,958 Views
20 Pages

A Novel Virtual Sensor for Estimating Robot Joint Total Friction Based on Total Momentum

  • Tian Xu,
  • Jizhuang Fan,
  • Qianqian Fang,
  • Shoulong Wang,
  • Yanhe Zhu and
  • Jie Zhao

14 August 2019

Robot joint friction is an important and complicated issue in improving robot control performance. In this paper, a virtual sensor based on the total generalized momentum concept is proposed to estimate the total friction torque, including both the m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,124 Views
14 Pages

A Detecting Method for “Weak” Friction-Induced Vibration Based on Cross-Correlation Analysis between Vibration and Sound Signals

  • Pengfei Xing,
  • Yanchao Zhu,
  • Guobin Li,
  • Ting Liu,
  • Honglin Gao,
  • Yuchao Song and
  • Hongpeng Zhang

24 June 2023

The “weak” friction-induced vibration can help to monitor the change in friction and wear state of friction pairs and detect the failure of surface damage. However, they are typically submerged in complex interference components during fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,985 Views
13 Pages

19 April 2022

Friction during contact between metals can be very complex under dynamic conditions. In this study, friction between 304 stainless steel and SKD11 steel with boundary lubrication was studied experimentally using a friction testing machine (MPX-2000)....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,613 Views
11 Pages

29 November 2022

Though fine dust on the side of the road has decreased substantially due to environmental regulations, the adverse effects on the human due to air pollution still cannot be ignored. In this study, we aim to determine the effect of the vehicle’s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,690 Views
14 Pages

20 December 2018

Tribological behavior of the isothermally forged and heat-treated Ti-22Al-25Nb (at. %) orthorhombic alloy with lamellar O microstructures was investigated. The friction experiments using a tribometer (UMT-3 CETR) against Si3N4 and Al2O3 were conducte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,982 Views
19 Pages

14 January 2022

There are many typical symmetric large plastic deformation problems in aluminum alloy stamping. Warm stamping technology can improve the formability of materials and obtain parts with high-dimensional accuracy. Friction behavior in the stamping proce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,651 Views
14 Pages

12 March 2024

We report the results of atomistic simulations of friction between two-dimensional titanium carbide Ti2C (MXene) and a silver nanoparticle located on its surface. Numerical experiments were performed within classical molecular dynamics methods using...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,138 Views
17 Pages

Tactile feedback technology has important development prospects in interactive technology. In order to enrich the tactile sense of haptic devices under simple control, a piezoelectric haptic feedback device is proposed. The piezoelectric tactile feed...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
10,888 Views
25 Pages

Adhesion and Friction for Three Tire Tread Compounds

  • T. V. Tolpekina and
  • B. N. J. Persson

26 February 2019

We study the adhesion and friction for three tire tread rubber compounds. The adhesion study is for a smooth silica glass ball in contact with smooth sheets of the rubber in dry condition and in water. The friction studies are for rubber sliding on s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,373 Views
18 Pages

9 January 2024

The interface friction between granular materials and continuum surfaces is fundamental in civil engineering, especially in geotechnical projects where sand of varying sizes and shapes contacts surfaces with different roughness and hardness. The aim...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,708 Views
13 Pages

Propagation of Fatigue Cracks in Friction of Brittle Hydrogels

  • Tetsuo Yamaguchi,
  • Ryuichiro Sato and
  • Yoshinori Sawae

8 June 2018

In order to understand fatigue crack propagation behavior in the friction of brittle hydrogels, we conducted reciprocating friction experiments between a hemi-cylindrical indenter and an agarose hydrogel block. We found that the fatigue life is great...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,938 Views
6 Pages

Shoe–Surface Tribology in Hardcourt Tennis

  • John Hale,
  • Roger Lewis and
  • Matt J. Carré

Sports shoes used for hardcourt tennis vary greatly in outsole tread design. In this study, a series of experiments were conducted on individual shoe tread elements, replicating the tribological conditions they will experience during hardcourt step a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,746 Views
15 Pages

31 July 2019

In the synchronization process of a synchronizer, the friction coefficient of the friction cone is changed because of friction heat. In this paper, the influence of a changing friction coefficient on shift quality was analyzed. The quantitative relat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,489 Views
21 Pages

The most accepted method for determining friction conditions in metal forming is the ring compression test (RCT). At high temperatures, extraction of the friction coefficient, μ, commonly requires numerical analysis due to the coupling between the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,399 Views
13 Pages

15 September 2019

Copper-based friction material (CFM) and paper-based friction material (PFM) are the two most commonly used clutch friction materials. The friction and wear characteristics of these two kinds of friction materials under dry conditions were investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,771 Views
9 Pages

Increasing Wear Resistance of Heavy-Loaded Friction Pairs by Nanoparticles in Conventional Lubricants: A Proof of Concept

  • Valeriy Kosarchuk,
  • Mykola Chausov,
  • Andrii Pylypenko,
  • Volodymyr Tverdomed,
  • Pavlo Maruschak and
  • Vasyl Vasylkiv

This paper provides experimental data on the effective use of a new lubricating composition, which includes industrial oil of any brand with the addition of a nanometal of the component of a friction pair, which has a lower hardness. It is shown that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,968 Views
15 Pages

17 August 2022

This paper introduces a novel dual-drive micro-feeding system (DDMS) to obtain precise micro-feed synthetic motion by rotating both the screw and the nut, which eliminates the effects of nonlinear friction at low micro-feeding speeds and has good res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
886 Views
17 Pages

21 February 2025

The grind-hardening process is capable of generating a martensitic-based hardened layer on the workpiece surface. The production of a hardened layer can significantly improve the application properties of the workpiece. In fact, theoretical research...

  • Article
  • Open Access
456 Views
16 Pages

Establishment and Parameter Calibration of a DEM-Based Contact Model for Leymus chinensis Seed–Straw Mixtures

  • Qihao Wan,
  • Anbin Zhang,
  • Wenxue Dong,
  • Fei Liu,
  • Yingsi Wu,
  • Yin Qi and
  • Yuxing Ren

17 October 2025

The study of Leymus chinensis seed cleaning has been hindered by the lack of accurate discrete-element contact parameters for seed–straw interactions, thereby limiting, to some extent, the optimization of cleaning equipment. To address this iss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,147 Views
12 Pages

Determination of Hot Stamping Friction Coefficient of 7075 Aluminum

  • Xiangji Li,
  • Xu Yan,
  • Zhiqiang Zhang,
  • Mingwen Ren and
  • Hongjie Jia

12 July 2021

Aluminum alloy hot stamping technology can improve the formability of materials and obtain parts with high dimensional accuracy. Friction behavior in the hot stamping process is very important for forming quality. Accurate friction coefficient is hel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,845 Views
18 Pages

In this study, we: (a) compared the differences in the learning of friction concepts between a physical manipulative tool (PMT) and a visuohaptic simulation (VHS) in four different configurations (visually enhanced feedback on/off, force feedback on/...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,595 Views
19 Pages

During the operation of the guide rail pair, the accuracy of the guide rail pair is decreased by friction and wear, and the overall performance of the machine tool is directly affected. The influence of surface micro-features of the slider raceway on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,991 Views
13 Pages

Friction and Wear Pattern of Silica-Reinforced Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) in Sliding Contact with a Blade Indenter

  • Budi Setiyana,
  • Muhammad Khafidh,
  • Mohammad Tauviqirrahman,
  • Rifky Ismail,
  • Jamari and
  • Dirk Jan Schipper

17 November 2021

This study investigated the friction and wear pattern of silica-reinforced Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) in sliding friction with a steel blade indenter. The experiments were conducted using a pin-on-disc tribometer at various applied loads and exam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,377 Views
13 Pages

Experimental Assessment of Friction Coefficient in Deep Drawing and Its Verification by Numerical Simulation

  • Emil Evin,
  • Naqib Daneshjo,
  • Albert Mareš,
  • Miroslav Tomáš and
  • Katarína Petrovčiková

19 March 2021

The friction coefficient in the simulation of stamping processes should be defined. Modern simulation software allows its definition as constant or its dependence on pressure or temperature. It is also useful in stamping processes to define different...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,896 Views
15 Pages

Thermal Stability and Lubrication Properties of Biodegradable Castor Oil on AISI 4140 Steel

  • María Teresa Hernández-Sierra,
  • Luis Daniel Aguilera-Camacho,
  • José Eduardo Báez-García,
  • J. Santos García-Miranda and
  • Karla J. Moreno

6 June 2018

Lubricants have much importance in several industries, principally serving to reduce friction and wear in mechanical elements. In this study, the influence of Castor oil as bio-lubricant on the friction and wear performance of AISI 4140 steel was inv...

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