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13 Citations
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30 December 2020

To investigate the influence of the groove shape of friction disks on the wear of a friction clutch friction pair, a wear calculation model that considers the actual sliding distance between the friction clutch friction pair is presented based on the...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,418 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...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,884 Views
14 Pages

Friction and Wear Behavior of NM500 Wear-Resistant Steel in Different Environmental Media

  • Guobo Wang,
  • Hao Zhao,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Guanghui Zhao and
  • Lifeng Ma

5 May 2023

The study aims to investigate the influence of environmental media on the friction and wear behavior of low-alloy wear-resistant steels and to provide practical references for their application. This article conducted sliding wear tests on NM500 wear...

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2 Citations
3,300 Views
12 Pages

Friction and Wear Properties of Wheat Straw Powder Third Body on Steel-Steel Friction Pair

  • Chenglong Lian,
  • Wei Zhao,
  • Shumei Wang,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Xiaoying Dong and
  • Yongfeng Li

Third body plant fibers have an important influence on the friction and wear properties of metal friction pairs. In this study, wheat straw powder with different particle sizes was prepared, and a pin-on-disk friction tester was employed to evaluate...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,839 Views
20 Pages

Effect of Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles on the Friction-Wear Properties of Copper-Based Friction Discs

  • Changsong Zheng,
  • Zhiwei Ma,
  • Liang Yu,
  • Xu Wang,
  • Liangjie Zheng and
  • Li’an Zhu

13 January 2022

To study the influence of nano-additives on the friction-wear characteristics of friction materials, the nano-sized silicon carbide particles which have excellent chemical and physical properties are considered to add in composite to form the modifie...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,766 Views
13 Pages

Wear and Friction Characteristics of 65Mn Steel for Spike-Tooth Harrow

  • Zhiguo Lu,
  • Chuanyu Du,
  • Qingcai Chen,
  • Tianying Niu,
  • Na Wang and
  • Wanli Song

10 March 2021

The friction and wear characteristics of spike-tooth material (65Mn steel) of Spike-Tooth Harrow in a two-stage peanut harvester were studied in this paper. The friction and wear tests of pin and disc on 65 manganese steel were carried out on the tri...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,829 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...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,057 Views
28 Pages

Effect of Friction Model Type on Tool Wear Prediction in Machining

  • Michael Storchak,
  • Oleksandr Melnyk,
  • Yaroslav Stepchyn,
  • Oksana Shyshkova,
  • Andrii Golubovskyi and
  • Oleksandr Vozniy

2 October 2025

One of the key measures of cutting tool efficiency in machining processes is tool wear. In recent decades, numerical modeling of this phenomenon—primarily through finite element cutting models—has gained increasing importance. A crucial r...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,565 Views
22 Pages

1 June 2010

The friction and wear phenomena appear due to contact and relative motion between two solids. The evolution of contact conditions depends on loading conditions and mechanical behaviours. The wear phenomena are essentially characterized by a matter lo...

  • Review
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1,835 Views
18 Pages

8 October 2025

When exposed to high contact pressure and shear conditions, the sliding and/or rolling contact interfaces of moving mechanical systems can experience significant friction and wear losses, thereby impairing their efficiency, reliability, and environme...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,506 Views
12 Pages

18 June 2024

Aiming to solve the problem of thermal decay of resin-based friction materials at high temperatures, rare-earth-lanthanum-oxide-/cerium-oxide-reinforced resin-based friction plates were prepared using a hot-pressing molding process. The effect of lan...

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
6,690 Views
37 Pages

Progress on Current-Carry Friction and Wear: An Overview from Measurements to Mechanism

  • Shuaibing Li,
  • Xingzu Yang,
  • Yongqiang Kang,
  • Zongying Li and
  • Hongwei Li

15 September 2022

As aerospace, electrified railway, weapon equipment manufacturing, and other fields have leapt forward, the operating environment of current-carrying friction pairs is becoming increasingly severe, and research on the current-carrying friction and we...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,098 Views
18 Pages

Investigation of Friction and Erosion Wear Properties of Titanium and Titanium Alloy Pipes

  • Ting Mao,
  • Zhiming Yu,
  • Jing Yan,
  • Yong Xu,
  • Shibo Zhang and
  • Lincai Peng

15 October 2024

Titanium alloys are applied in oil and gas development and transportation to improve conditions because of their high specific strength and corrosion resistance. However, the disadvantage of poor wear resistance has become an obstacle to developing t...

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1,741 Views
26 Pages

During the operation of mechanical equipment, due to the intense friction among raw material or filler particles, there is conspicuous wear on the contact surfaces of components. Using green lubricants assumes a crucial role in mitigating the frictio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
7,932 Views
15 Pages

Overview of Friction and Wear Performance of Sliding Bearings

  • Fengming Du,
  • Dawei Li,
  • Xiaoxia Sa,
  • Cong Li,
  • Yang Yu,
  • Chengdi Li,
  • Jingsi Wang and
  • Weiwei Wang

5 September 2022

Sliding bearings are critical components of the internal combustion engine. Friction and wear occur in the contact area between the shaft and the bearing. Significant wear can occur in poor working conditions or after a long service time, leading to...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,637 Views
13 Pages

25 November 2022

Friction and wear are two main tribological behaviors that are quite different for contact surfaces of distinct properties. Conventional studies generally focus on a specific material (e.g., copper or iron) such that the tribological result is not ap...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,431 Views
18 Pages

20 December 2022

In order to achieve the goal of lightening the braking system of urban rail trains, SiCp/ZL101 and ZL101 plates were welded by friction stir lap welding (FSLW) to prepare a new type of brake disc material. The friction and wear properties of the fric...

  • Review
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151 Citations
17,162 Views
26 Pages

Effect of Humidity on Friction and Wear—A Critical Review

  • Zhe Chen,
  • Xin He,
  • Chen Xiao and
  • Seong H. Kim

The friction and wear behavior of materials are not intrinsic properties, but extrinsic properties; in other words, they can drastically vary depending on test and environmental conditions. In ambient air, humidity is one such extrinsic parameter. Th...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,240 Views
11 Pages

Friction and Wear Properties of Cr-Nx Coatings for Nuclear Fuel Cladding

  • Zheng Qu,
  • Guixiao Shang,
  • Siyuan Ma,
  • Chuiyi Meng,
  • Peng Xie,
  • Hui Wang,
  • Xuguang An and
  • Xiujie He

27 January 2022

Friction and wear resistance are important factors that affect the selection of accident-tolerant fuel coating materials. In this study, the wear behavior of a series of Cr-Nx coatings with different N contents was investigated using a reciprocating...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,133 Views
16 Pages

7 May 2024

This study aimed to enhance the friction and wear characteristics of materials for wind turbine sliding-bearing bushes operating under low-speed and heavy-load conditions. To this end, a high-entropy CoCrFeNiMo alloy coating was applied to the surfac...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,759 Views
12 Pages

Friction and Wear of Electroless Ni-P-CS Composite Coating

  • Xiaoli Zhang,
  • Heming Wang and
  • Guiqun Liu

3 February 2023

Carbon nanoparticles have excellent lubricating properties, however, they are less involved in metal protection. In this study, easily prepared candle soot was added to electroless nickel-phosphorus plating as a re-enforcement particle. Ball-disc fri...

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1 Citations
1,238 Views
22 Pages

A selective transfer is realized safely if the material pair and the lubricant are adequate, in the presence of a relative motion and an energy favoring the transfer. The paper highlights the mechanism of achieving the selective transfer phenomenon a...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,893 Views
17 Pages

Tribological Investigation on the Friction and Wear Behaviors of Biogenic Lubricating Greases in Steel–Steel Contact

  • Nazli Acar,
  • José M. Franco,
  • Erik Kuhn,
  • David E. P. Gonçalves and
  • Jorge H. O. Seabra

21 February 2020

The applications of biogenic lubricating greases to machine elements play important roles in the reduction of friction energy and minimizing wear in a tribological contact, as well as the prevention of environmental pollution. The aim of this work wa...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,855 Views
13 Pages

Friction and Wear Resistance of Nanostructured TiNi Shape Memory Alloy

  • Alexandr Dmitrievskiy,
  • Victor Komarov,
  • Roman Karelin,
  • Vladimir Andreev and
  • Vladimir Stolyarov

3 November 2024

TiNi shape memory alloys with a superelastic effect are widely used in tribological interfaces requiring high wear resistance. One of the common approaches to reducing the wear of various metals is the application of severe plastic deformation (SPD),...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,834 Views
20 Pages

21 April 2020

Mechanical face seals are crucial components of automotive cooling water pumps and affect the safe operation of the pump. This article focuses on the effect of friction instabilities on the wear of the seals. Friction instabilities, such as stick-sli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,896 Views
12 Pages

2 May 2022

In this study, the friction and wear characteristics of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were evaluated when using lubricants created by adding surfactants at various ratios to deionized (DI) water. When pure DI water is used as a lubricant, the repulsion...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,996 Views
16 Pages

The Impact of Surface Roughness on the Friction and Wear Performance of GCr15 Bearing Steel

  • Tiantian He,
  • Wenbo Chen,
  • Zeyuan Liu,
  • Zhipeng Gong,
  • Sanming Du and
  • Yongzhen Zhang

Surface roughness plays a crucial role in determining surface quality, influencing factors such as vibration, noise, assembly precision, lubrication, and wear resistance in bearings. This research examines how surface roughness (Sa) affects the frict...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,288 Views
11 Pages

23 March 2017

Damage to mechanical components caused by wear is considered to be an important issue for mechanical engineers. For the purpose of wear resistance, it is necessary to improve the material properties of the mechanical elements. Furthermore, low fricti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,441 Views
29 Pages

Modeling Wear and Friction Regimes on Ceramic Materials with Positive and Negative Thermal Expansion

  • Aleksandr S. Grigoriev,
  • Evgeny V. Shilko,
  • Andrey I. Dmitriev and
  • Sergei Y. Tarasov

21 September 2023

Computer modeling of rubbing between two surfaces with microasperities capable of expanding or contracting under conditions of frictional heating (i.e., possessing either positive and negative coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE)) allowed for the i...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,200 Views
14 Pages

26 December 2022

The damping performance of metal rubber is highly correlated with the tribological properties of the internal metal wires. In this paper, the friction and wear characteristics of 316L stainless-steel wire are investigated under different temperatures...

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1 Citations
1,412 Views
20 Pages

Theoretical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Current-Carrying Friction and Wear: State of the Art and Challenges

  • Yijin Sui,
  • Pengfei Xing,
  • Guobin Li,
  • Hongpeng Zhang,
  • Wenzhong Wang and
  • Haibo Zhang

Current-carrying friction and wear in contact components are key issues in modern electromechanical systems such as slip rings, electrical connectors, motors, and pantographs, directly influencing their efficiency, reliability, and lifespan. Due to t...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,042 Views
16 Pages

12 October 2022

Wire rope has different degrees of surface wear under long-distance transmission conditions, which leads to performance degradation and greatly threatens its safety and reliability in service. In this paper, friction and wear tests between the transm...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,627 Views
13 Pages

Study on Friction and Wear Performance of Sliding Metal Seal Materials Under Reciprocating Motion

  • Huiqian Yao,
  • Xiaoyang Liang,
  • Lianchao Guo,
  • Xinpeng Wang,
  • Linqing Bai and
  • Chao Wang

17 October 2024

During petroleum drilling, the reciprocating motion in the seal device leads to piston and sleeve wear, which may cause leakage of the sealing medium. Selecting appropriate materials for the piston and sleeve, along with surface modifications, can ef...

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  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,047 Views
11 Pages

Significant Reduction of the Friction and Wear of PMMA Based Composite by Filling with PTFE

  • Dapeng Gu,
  • Longxiao Zhang,
  • Suwen Chen,
  • Kefeng Song and
  • Shouyao Liu

1 September 2018

Polytetrafluoroethylene/Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PTFE/PMMA) composite was prepared by mixing PTFE into PMMA matrix which synthesized by the PMMA powder mixture and methyl methacrylate (MMA) liquid mixture. The effects of the filling mass ratio of P...

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9 Citations
3,403 Views
20 Pages

Experimental Study on Friction and Wear Characteristics of Hydraulic Reciprocating Rotary Seals

  • Zongyi Zhang,
  • Dianrong Gao,
  • Tianyuan Guan,
  • Yingna Liang,
  • Jianhua Zhao,
  • Liwen Wang and
  • Jie Tang

8 September 2023

Wear is one of the main failure causes of hydraulic seals. Wear will lead to degradation in the mechanical properties and sealing properties of seals. Compared with hydraulic seals with one-way rotational motion, the hydraulic reciprocating rotary se...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,499 Views
18 Pages

Current Knowledge on Friction, Lubrication, and Wear of Ethanol-Fuelled Engines—A Review

  • Henara Lillian Costa,
  • Tiago Cousseau and
  • Roberto Martins Souza

The urgent need for drastic reduction in emissions due to global warming demands a radical energy transition in transportation. The role of biofuels is fundamental to bridging the current situation towards a clean and sustainable future. In passenger...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,144 Views
16 Pages

11 April 2023

Instantaneous friction and wear energy density are important indicators of the friction and wear state of the tooth flank of the milling cutter. Existing methods for identifying the friction and wear on the tooth flank of milling cutters mainly focus...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,012 Views
16 Pages

12 June 2024

In this study, the influence of the frictional heat effect on the degree of wear is explored from the perspectives of initial contact positive pressure and frictional relative slip velocity. Experiments based on a multifunctional friction and wear ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,901 Views
14 Pages

14 February 2020

The friction and wear of flexible cables are the main factors that cause electrical breakdown and insulation aging, and they greatly reduce the reliability and safety of robots. In order to enhance the reliability and safety of the robot, it is of gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,873 Views
19 Pages

Prediction of Wear Rate by a New Direct Method Using the Friction Coefficient Curve

  • Ester Villanueva,
  • Joseba Albizuri,
  • Patricia Caballero,
  • Teresa Guraya and
  • Iban Vicario

This work aims to introduce a new method to predict the wear rate accurately and quickly. Using techniques such as laser scanning confocal microscopy can take a long time to estimate the wear of the experimental alloys in situ. Developing a new metho...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,613 Views
14 Pages

Friction and Wear Behaviors of Fe-19Cr-15Mn-0.66N Steel at High Temperature

  • Shaolong Sheng,
  • Huiling Zhou,
  • Xiaojing Wang,
  • Yanxin Qiao,
  • Hongtao Yuan,
  • Jian Chen,
  • Lanlan Yang,
  • Dongpeng Wang,
  • Zhenguang Liu and
  • Jingyong Li
  • + 2 authors

22 October 2021

The friction and wear behaviors of Fe-19Cr-15Mn-0.66N steel were investigated under applied loads of 5 N and 15 N at the wear-testing temperatures of 300 °C and 500 °C using a ball-on-disc tribometer. The wear tracks were evaluated by scanning electr...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,815 Views
25 Pages

Time-Varying Wear Calculation Method for Fractal Rough Surfaces of Friction Pairs

  • Qiang Hao,
  • Jian Yin,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Lu Jin,
  • Shengfang Zhang and
  • Zhihua Sha

25 January 2023

For the wear problem of the real rough surface during sliding friction, based on fractal theory and Hertz contact theory, a 3-D fractal rough surface with random characteristics is constructed, and the relationship between the wear deformation depth...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,285 Views
12 Pages

27 September 2022

A rough substrate usually induces severe detriments limiting the performance of anti-friction materials that would lead to an increase in both the friction coefficient and wear rate. In this work, we found that a laser-induced graphene (LIG) film had...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,427 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...

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  • Open Access
895 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...

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  • Open Access
80 Citations
6,757 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
1 Citations
1,382 Views
20 Pages

Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) is commonly used in ships’ water-lubricated tail bearings. However, sediment in the water significantly affects these bearings’ friction and wear performance. This study investigates NBR test blocks’ f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,375 Views
14 Pages

27 July 2023

Reinforcing thermoplastic materials for additive manufacturing with either short, long, and continuous fibers or micro/nanoparticles is a sound means to enhance the mechanical/tribological properties of functional 3D printed objects. However, despite...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,842 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Two Graphene Coatings on the Friction and Wear of Sliding Electrical Contact Interface

  • Dongwei Wang,
  • Faqiang Li,
  • Xiao Chen,
  • Huaqiao Li,
  • Wei Chen and
  • Peng Zhang

12 November 2022

Two kinds of graphene coatings are obtained by the graphene drop-coating drying method (DCDM) and the coating graphene conductive adhesive (CGCA). The effects of these two kinds of graphene coatings on the friction, wear, and voltage signals of the e...

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  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,384 Views
15 Pages

High friction surfacing (HFS) is a specialist type of road coating with very high skid resistance. It is used in the UK at locations where there is significant risk of serious or fatal accidents. This paper considers the aggregate used in HFS. Calcin...

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