A new near-net forging procedure of titanium and alloys was proposed by using a carbon-supersaturated punch die. Due to the in situ formation carbon-based tribofilm on contact interface between dies work materials, low frictional state sustained through process even high reduction thickness. The hardening suppressed during forging; an additional annealing unnecessary whole forging. Pure ?-phase...

BI-PHASIC BIOMATERIAL AND ARTICULAR CARTILAGE E.Northwood , R.Kowalski and J.Fisher * Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. +** DePuy CMW, Cornford Rd, Blackpool, England Email: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Natural articular cartilage has a unique biphasic lubrication regime [1]. Internal interstitial fluid pressure [2, 3] leads to low levels of fr...

In air/oil lubrication systems, the flow parameters, e.g., flow pattern, liquid film thickness, and air/oil flow rate, are of great importance to the transportation efficiency. In most cases, the on-going two-phase flow is annular flow with the oil moving along the tube wall and the air travelling at high speed in the center. This usually results in the formation of a thin oil film, the thickne...

Contactless mechanical components are mechanical sets for conversion of torque/speed, whose gears and moving parts do not touch each other, but rather they provide movement with magnets and magnetic materials that exert force from a certain distance. Magneto-mechanical transmission devices have several advantages over conventional mechanisms: no friction between rotatory elements (no power loss...

Residual lubricants retained in the handpiece may be displaced onto the tooth surface. A few studies have examined the effect of contamination from handpiece lubrication oils on enamel and dentin bond strengths, but the results have been equivocal. 1,2 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of dental-handpiece lubricant on dentinal shear bond strength. A lubrication-free handpiece...

The method of extended perturbation series is applied to solve for laminar natural convection from an isothermal, thin vertical cylinder. The series in terms of the transverse curvature parameter ~ extended to five terms and is subsequently improved by applying the Shanks transformation twice. The validity of the solution is extended up to ~ = 10 and possibly even beyond. Up to = 10, the result...

Theoretical Analysis on the profile of slider in reciprocating compressor has been presented based on the hydrodynamic lubrication. Theoretical Analysis calculates fluid film pressure, attitude angle, frictional force, and minimum film thickness in normal condition for comparing two different profiles of slider. The calculated results show that the profile of slider plays an important role in t...

During breathing, the pleural surfaces slide against each other continuously without damage. Pleural liquid and lubricating molecules should provide the lubrication of the sliding surfaces, thus protecting the mesothelium from shear-induced abrasion. D’Angelo et al. (Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 2004) measured the coefficient of kinetic friction (μ) of rabbit parietal pleura sliding against visc...

Based on its good water solubility, temperature resistance and environmental protection, oligosaccharides are widely used in food beverage, baking medical care. In view of the poor lubrication performance drilling fluid ultradeep wells, long horizontal wells highly deviated problems protection faced by lubricants, application is limited. Therefore, order to reduce limitations improve applicatio...