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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,495 Views
18 Pages

4 March 2019

This work aims at investigating the influence of pre-set clamping pressure on the joint formation and mechanical strength of overlapping direct-friction-riveted joints. A pneumatic fixture device was developed for this work, with clamping pressure va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,007 Views
18 Pages

Investigation on Influence of Friction Plate Material Properties on Hysteretic Performance and Stability of Friction Dampers

  • Fengzhe Jiang,
  • Guangyu Xu,
  • Jianping Liu,
  • Shaohui Dang,
  • Zahid Irshad,
  • Yanchao Yue and
  • Chen Guo

22 September 2025

Friction dampers are widely used in building seismic protection due to their excellent shock-absorbing performance and reliable operation. To clarify the influence of friction plate material properties on the hysteretic behavior and stability of fric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,424 Views
7 Pages

16 April 2018

Hydroxyl groups play an important role in friction of graphene oxides. In this paper, the influence of hydroxyl groups on friction of graphene is investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. The results show that the friction does not always go up...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,884 Views
13 Pages

The Influence of Hydrothermal Aging on the Dynamic Friction Model of Rubber Seals

  • Jian Wu,
  • Hang Luo,
  • Haohao Li,
  • Benlong Su,
  • Youshan Wang and
  • Zhe Li

4 January 2020

Cylinder has become an indispensable and important pneumatic actuator in the development of green production technology. The sealing performance of the cylinder directly affects its safety and reliability. Under the service environment of the cylinde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,467 Views
17 Pages

The coefficient of friction (COF) is an important parameter for mechanical engineers to consider when designing frictional connections. Previous work has shown that a surface microstructuring of the harder friction partner leads to a significant incr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
241 Views
28 Pages

Analysis of Internal Mechanical Friction Losses Influence on the Francis-99 Runner Using the Friction Torque Approach

  • Otibh M. M. Abubkry,
  • Yun Zeng,
  • Juan Duan,
  • Altyib Abdallah Mahmoud Ahmed,
  • Hassan Babeker and
  • Altyeb Ali Abaker Omer

Francis turbines are renowned for their high efficiency and adaptability across a wide range of head and discharge conditions. However, internal mechanical friction losses (IMFLs), resulting from rotational frictional resistance between the rotating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,633 Views
22 Pages

Study on the Influence of Environmental Conditions on Road Friction Characteristics

  • Atsushi Watanabe,
  • Ichiro Kageyama,
  • Yukiyo Kuriyagawa,
  • Tetsunori Haraguchi,
  • Tetsuya Kaneko and
  • Minoru Nishio

This study focuses on changes in the friction characteristics of paved roads under various conditions from the viewpoint of traffic safety. In general, the braking characteristics of road vehicles are examined using the μ–s characteristics o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,000 Views
13 Pages

The Influence of Temperature on Anisotropic Wettability Revealed by Friction Force Measurement

  • Zhen Lin,
  • Kangjian Xiao,
  • Lijun Li,
  • Yurong Zhang,
  • Xiaolong Zhang,
  • Daobing Chen and
  • Longjian Xue

Anisotropic surfaces with special wettability under various temperatures are of both fundamental interest and practical importance in many fields. However, little attention has been paid to the surfaces at temperatures between room temperature and th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,836 Views
7 Pages

9 March 2018

The influence of vibration on friction at the nanoscale was studied via molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results show that average friction increases in a high-frequency range. This can be attributed to the vibration of the tip following vibr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,420 Views
25 Pages

Analysis of Influence of Coating Type on Friction Behaviour and Surface Topography of DC04/1.0338 Steel Sheet in Bending Under Tension Friction Test

  • Tomasz Trzepieciński,
  • Krzysztof Szwajka,
  • Marek Szewczyk,
  • Joanna Zielińska-Szwajka,
  • Marek Barlak,
  • Katarzyna Nowakowska-Langier and
  • Sebastian Okrasa

19 November 2024

The working conditions of tools during plastic working operations are determined by, among other things, temperature, loads, loading method, and processing speed. In sheet metal forming processes, additionally, lubricant and tool surface roughness pl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,851 Views
12 Pages

This work studied the influence of the voltage parameters on the friction and superlubricity performances of LiPF6-based ionic liquids (ILs). The results show that the voltage direction and magnitude greatly affected the friction performances of ILs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,559 Views
15 Pages

14 November 2019

In nanomaterials, the surface or the subsurface structures influence the friction behaviors greatly. In this work, nanoscale friction behaviors between a rigid cylinder tip and a single crystal copper substrate are studied by molecular dynamics simul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,663 Views
22 Pages

30 August 2019

The aim of the present work was to investigate the influence of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) produced by femtosecond laser on the friction behavior of silicon sliding on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in unlubricated conditions....

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
9,002 Views
14 Pages

16 February 2019

In the present study, PA6 polymers with and without solid lubricant inclusions were investigated against S1100QL steel surfaces that had different surface roughness values—a very high surface roughness (Rz ≈ 40 µm) and a low surface...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,909 Views
24 Pages

Influence of Contact Interface Friction on Plastic Deformation of Stretch-Bend Forming

  • Shengfang Zhang,
  • Guangming Lv,
  • Fujian Ma,
  • Ziguang Wang and
  • Yu Liu

23 July 2022

The contact interface friction between the specimen and the mold during the stretch-bend is a complex interactive process. Friction causes the uneven distribution of tensile stress on the specimen, which affects the plastic flow of the forming materi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
6,814 Views
22 Pages

An Investigation of the Influence of Initial Roughness on the Friction and Wear Behavior of Ground Surfaces

  • Guoxing Liang,
  • Siegfried Schmauder,
  • Ming Lyu,
  • Yanling Schneider,
  • Cheng Zhang and
  • Yang Han

4 February 2018

Friction and wear tests were performed on AISI 1045 steel specimens with different initial roughness parameters, machined by a creep-feed dry grinding process, to study the friction and wear behavior on a pin-on-disc tester in dry sliding conditions....

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,755 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Liner Surface with Parameterized Pit Texture on the Friction Characteristics of Piston Rings

  • Hongyang Zhang,
  • Junzhen Gong,
  • Xiaori Liu,
  • Wen Sun,
  • Ke Sun and
  • Shuzhan Bai

14 March 2024

The arrangement of a pit-shaped surface texture on the surface of a cylinder liner significantly affects reductions in piston ring friction, and the influence of the structural parameters and spatial distribution on piston ring friction power consump...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,527 Views
21 Pages

Influence of Non-Linear Rotor Dynamics on the Bearing Friction of Automotive Turbochargers

  • Julius Perge,
  • Max Stadermann,
  • Stefan Pischinger,
  • Björn Höpke,
  • Dominik Lückmann,
  • Arthur Back and
  • Tolga Uhlmann

One of the possibilities to increase the efficiency of an internal combustion engine is to enhance its interaction with the charging system. With the help of new advanced simulation tools, the rotor dynamic behavior and bearing friction losses of tur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,559 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Laser Surface Texture on the Anti-Friction Properties of 304 Stainless Steel

  • Xiashuang Li,
  • Guifeng Li,
  • Yuesui Lei,
  • Lei Gao,
  • Lin Zhang and
  • Kangkang Yang

12 April 2023

To enhance the anti-friction properties of 304 stainless steel, friction experiments were conducted on it after laser surface texturing. The influences of laser scanning speed, repetition frequency, processing times, laser beam line spacing, and latt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
686 Views
11 Pages

The Influence of Surface Texture Orientation on the Current-Carrying Friction Performance of Elastic Pairs

  • Zhenghai Yang,
  • Wenbo Li,
  • Xiaowei Wang,
  • Kaifeng Hu,
  • Xiaojun Tian,
  • Mengfeng Zhao and
  • Yongzhen Zhang

20 June 2025

To improve the performance of elastic current-carrying friction pairs, this study employs a wire–plate friction pair and investigates the effect of surface texture orientation on current-carrying friction performance using a self-made micro-sli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,977 Views
14 Pages

The Influence of Friction and Twisting Angle on the Tensile Strength of Polypropylene Baling Twine

  • Sonja Kostic,
  • Vladimir Kocovic,
  • Suzana Petrovic Savic,
  • Dragomir Miljanic,
  • Jasmina Miljojkovic,
  • Milan Djordjevic and
  • Djordje Vukelic

4 April 2024

Polypropylene is a widely used linear hydrocarbon polymer with diverse applications due to its exceptional physicochemical characteristics and minimal changes during the recycling process. Numerous studies have focused on factors influencing the mech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,805 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Longitudinal Train Dynamics on Friction Buffer Stop Performances

  • Gianluca Megna,
  • Luciano Cantone and
  • Andrea Bracciali

Buffer stops have always been installed on blind tracks to mitigate the hazards associated with overruns due to insufficient or wrong braking. Conventional buffer stops fixed to the rails may absorb only limited energy while Energy-Absorbing Buffers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,673 Views
16 Pages

The Influence of Rubber Hysteresis on the Sliding Friction Coefficient During Contact Between Viscoelastic Bodies and a Hard Substrate

  • Milan Nikolić,
  • Milan Banić,
  • Dušan Stamenković,
  • Miloš Simonović,
  • Aleksandar Miltenović and
  • Vukašin Pavlović

18 December 2024

This paper describes research aimed at the experimental determination of the influence of rubber hysteresis on the friction coefficient between rubber samples for making soles and granite tiles. In the experiments, four types of shoe rubber with simi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,517 Views
16 Pages

10 January 2025

The influence of temperature on the precipitation evolution in different zones of friction stir welded (FSW) heat-treatable aluminum alloys has been well investigated. However, the role of plastic deformation in affecting precipitation transformation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,127 Views
13 Pages

The precise knowledge of frictional behavior is highly relevant for accurate modelling in sheet metal forming simulations. This allows e.g., the precise prediction of restraining forces which, in turn, determines an optimal draw bead strategy and bla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,690 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...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
6,258 Views
16 Pages

Friction Stir Processing Influence on Microstructure, Mechanical, and Corrosion Behavior of Steels: A Review

  • Neçar Merah,
  • Mohammed Abdul Azeem,
  • Hafiz M. Abubaker,
  • Fadi Al-Badour,
  • Jafar Albinmousa and
  • Ahmad A. Sorour

2 September 2021

Friction stir processing (FSP) technology has received reasonable attention in the past two decades to process a wide range of materials such as aluminum, magnesium, titanium, steel, and superalloys. Due to its thermomechanical processing nature, FSP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,812 Views
13 Pages

Influence of Welding Speed on Fracture Toughness of Friction Stir Welded AA2024-T351 Joints

  • Miodrag Milčić,
  • Dragan Milčić,
  • Tomaž Vuherer,
  • Ljubica Radović,
  • Igor Radisavljević and
  • Aleksija Đurić

22 March 2021

In order to ensure a quality welded joint, and thus safe operation and high reliability of the welded part or structure achieved by friction stir welding, it is necessary to select the optimal welding parameters. The parameters of friction stir weldi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,356 Views
9 Pages

Research on the Influence of a Cuttings Bed on Drill String Friction Torque in Horizontal Well Sections

  • Xiaoming Li,
  • Yuyue Fan,
  • Jiahua Li,
  • Xinghua Su,
  • Sheng Zhan,
  • Gang Hu,
  • Yiqing He and
  • Ming Zhang

12 October 2022

Horizontal well drills are difficult to operate and require high borehole cleaning operations. The impact of cuttings accumulation on friction and torque cannot be ignored. In the process of horizontal well drilling, it is very easy to form a cutting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,470 Views
17 Pages

12 February 2025

Friction pendulum bearings are widely used seismic isolation devices for bridges, with their behavior governed by friction during excitation. Sliding velocity and contact pressure are among the factors that substantially affect the friction coefficie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,362 Views
16 Pages

4 August 2022

The size and morphology of reinforcing fibres have a great influence on organic brake friction composite material properties and performance. This research aims to establish the link between friction material microstructure heterogeneity induced by r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,075 Views
26 Pages

In sheet metal forming, free deformation of the sheet takes place frequently without contact with forming tools. The pre-straining resulting from the free deformation leads to a surface roughening of the sheet metal. It is assumed that the roughening...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,715 Views
20 Pages

Influence of Different Contact Conditions on Friction Properties of AISI 430 Steel Sheet with Deep Drawing Quality

  • Valmir Dias Luiz,
  • Anderson Júnior dos Santos,
  • Marcelo Araújo Câmara and
  • Paulo César de Matos Rodrigues

14 April 2023

This article aims to investigate the influence of different contact conditions on the friction properties of an Nb-stabilized AISI 430 ferritic stainless-steel sheet with deep drawing quality. Three tribological tests were performed: pin-on-disk, ben...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,463 Views
18 Pages

11 April 2017

Metal grade dilution is the main production disadvantage of the sublevel caving method, and overcoming this problem has been investigated over the years using different methodologies. Herein, numerical simulation using the discrete element method is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,040 Views
13 Pages

18 April 2025

The influence of the roughness of porcelain plates on the results of the friction sensitivity test of explosives was investigated. For this purpose, the roughness of selected batches of plates from several manufacturers (Julius Peters, OZM Research s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,119 Views
19 Pages

1 March 2020

The paper presents the results of tests of the shear strength of the ash–slag mixture taken from the landfill located in Kraków (Poland) and the interfacial friction resistance at the contact between the ash–slag mixture and woven...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,739 Views
21 Pages

3 November 2023

Press fits are a simple and effective method for assembling a shaft into a hub for different applications in the mechanical engineering field. This method consists of forcing to pass a shaft into a hub via axial insertion. As a result of the differen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,006 Views
18 Pages

Most of the published documents on the friction and wear properties of textured contact surfaces with partially distributed units (e.g., dots, grooves) are focused on sliding tribo-pairs or journal bearings. To study the friction and wear performance...

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

17 February 2023

By researching the influence of micro-groove texture on the surface tribological properties of the stator and rotor pair of oil production hydraulic motors, this paper aims to reduce the frictional resistance moment of the spiral pair of hydraulic mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,654 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
16 Citations
3,019 Views
14 Pages

31 March 2022

In pipe jacking, the continued growth of friction resistance around the pipe may cause problems, such as an insufficient jacking force, soil collapse, and even land subsidence, which seriously endangers the structural safety of the pipe and surroundi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,629 Views
17 Pages

In Situ Observation of Micro-Patterned Elastomeric Surfaces: The Formation of the Area of Real Contact and the Influence on Its Friction and Deformation Behaviour

  • Andreas Hausberger,
  • Marina Pecora,
  • Damien Favier,
  • Elisabeth Rossegger,
  • Martin Tockner,
  • Thomas Ules,
  • Matthias Haselmann,
  • Sandra Schlögl and
  • Christian Gauthier

29 September 2023

Structured surfaces, which are the basis of the lotus blossom effect, have great potential to serve/operate as functionalised surfaces, i.e., surfaces with specific and/or adjustable properties. In the present study, the aim is to use micro-structure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,119 Views
13 Pages

Influence of NR/MWCNT Blending on Rotor Metal Friction and Wear during Mixing Process

  • Deshang Han,
  • Quanzhong Zhang,
  • Weifu Zhao,
  • Changxia Liu and
  • Lin Wang

14 August 2024

Mixing involves blending raw rubber or masticated rubber with additives using a rubber mixer, which is the most critical process in rubber production. The internal mixer, as the most important mixing equipment, experiences rotor wear during prolonged...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,110 Views
14 Pages

27 July 2022

In order to accurately simulate the position of the saddle in the analysis and calculation of a suspension bridge, and then obtain the accurate shape of the datum strand in the construction site, this paper puts forward a calculation method on the po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,076 Views
21 Pages

16 August 2021

Multiple sets of spring, spring seat structures are uniformly arranged in circumferential short spring dual mass flywheel (DMF), which generally have a symmetrical structure. The internal springs and spring seats are constrained by the shape of the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,299 Views
23 Pages

21 July 2023

This work presents a real mechatronic system consisting of coupled inertia oscillators affected by relatively high-frequency structural vibrations. The system’s basic mathematical description is also provided. To simulate real structural vibrat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,375 Views
19 Pages

19 April 2020

Because of the low viscosity of high-water-based fluids, the intense wear and leakage of key friction pairs represent a bottleneck to the wide application of the high-water-based hydraulic motor in engineering machinery. In this work, based on the co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
761 Views
18 Pages

The Influence of Friction Damage on Corrosion Resistance of Binderless WC-cBN-SiCw Composite in NaCl Solution

  • Bowen Fan,
  • Jincheng Yu,
  • Tao Qin,
  • Jinyi Wang,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Chen Chen,
  • Jiana Song and
  • Hanmiao Ji

27 August 2025

As a kind of novel binderless composite, WC-cBN-SiCw composite possesses significant potential value in special sealing components and high-pressure medium nozzles. However, under severe wear and corrosion conditions, the surface defects caused by fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,687 Views
15 Pages

25 September 2019

The Johnson-Cook (J-C) constitutive model, including five material constants (A, B, n, C, m), and the Coulomb friction coefficient (μ) are critical preprocessed data in machining simulations. Before they become reliable preprocessed data, investig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,741 Views
14 Pages

28 February 2023

Cable-membrane constructions typically exhibit significant displacement and distortion under load action, and the cable-membrane contact results in relative sliding. In this paper, the interaction force between cable and membrane is transferred throu...

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