Tribological properties of composites of low density polyethylene (LDPE) reinforced with 1, 5, 10, 20 wt% micrometric Boehmite (B) and/or preheated Boehmite (HB) powders were studied in combination with two silane coupling agents (SCAs): vinyltri(2-methoxyethoxy)silane (VTMES)-SCA 972 and 3-(trimethoxysilyl)-propylmethacrylate (3MPS)-SCA 989. When coupling agents are used, the samples not subje...

abstract this work investigated the electrochemical and aqueous tribological behavior of hot pressed 2205 duplex stainless steel (dss). dss sintered composites of different volume percent (% vol) of partially stabilized zirconia (psz) was developed using powder metallurgy (pm) technique. electrochemical behaviour was studied at room temperature, using open circuit potential and potentiodynamic ...

in the present work, structural characteristics and tribological properties of the ti-al-cr-(si)-c-n nanocomposite films coated on the spk 1.2080 tool steel bypvd technique have been investigated. the pvd coating process was carried out using ti (si) al and cral cathodes at 150 a current, 40 v bias and (ar)0.1(ch4)0.45(n2)0.45 gas mixture for 50 min. evaluations were conducted by om, fesem, afm...

The earthquakelike model with a continuous distribution of static thresholds is used to describe the properties of solid friction. The evolution of the model is reduced to a master equation which can be solved analytically. This approach naturally describes stick-slip and smooth-sliding regimes of tribological systems within a framework which separates the calculation of the friction force from...

Tribological investigations on the macroscopic scale revealed that friction can be influenced in situ by applying electric potentials, if electrically conductive fluid such as an ionic liquid is used as a lubricant. Enrichment of charged ions at a steel interface occurs by applying electric surface potentials in a three-electrode setup. As a consequence, the lubrication conditions change. It is...

Introduction A number of investigations have been published that deal with tribological failure and erasure of information in magnetic recording disk drives due to particles being trapped in the head-disk interface [1-3]. In the above studies, the following situations were treated: mechanical contact [1], soft-particle contact [2], and sliding of a large particle in the head-disk interface [3]....

A concept of new test stand for investigating fatigue strength of plain bearing surface layer has been presented in the paper. The machine with rotating load vector was designed, built and experimentally verified in tribological laboratory of the Technical University of Gdańsk. The machine of such a principle of slide bearing surface layer load generation is, according to ISO 7905 standard, a b...

Molecular dynamics computer simulations provide experimentally inaccessible insights into behavior of materials. The insights facilitate development of materials with improved properties, but at the same time are quite useful in instruction. We describe recent applications of the molecular dynamics technique in simulations of mechanical behavior of metals and polymeric materials and also of tri...

Lightweight metals, e.g. aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), titanium (Ti) and their alloys are of great importance for applications in various machinery and transportation system, espe‐ cially in aerospace and automobile products due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and superior physical and chemical performances. However, their poor tribological properties, such as low wear resistance, high ...

The development of materials for tribological applications requires test methods for the determination of friction and wear behaviour of these materials. One of many different test methods useful for this task is the "oscillating sliding test", working with a ball-on-disk configuration. This test is applicable on rather small specimens and can provide preliminary information on friction and wea...