The object of this paper is to study the effects of lubricant film flow, pressurized and sheared between two parallel rough surfaces in sliding motion. The influence of microscopic surface roughness on lubricant film flow macroscopic behavior is described through five nondimensional parameters called flow factors. These macroscopic transport parameters are related to the local geometry of apert...

The study investigates the mechanism of ring-liner lubrication in the vicinity of the top and bottom dead centres of an internal combustion engine. Predicting lubricant transient behaviour is critical when the inlet reversal leads to thin films and inherent metal-to-metal interaction. It was found that the cavitation, which is located at the trailing edge of the contact before reversal, briefly...

Experimental investigations have been conducted for determination of effectiveness of employing a combination of three particle sizes (40 nm size, 1.75 μm size and 53 μm size) of Molybdenum Disulphide as anti-wear additive in a commercial lubricant. The conformal block and disk configuration has been used to conduct experiments for determination of wear of the sliding surfaces. The performance ...

The correct tribological design will have a considerable effect on a gear’s service life and efficiency. The purpose of this thesis is to clarify the impact of variation in the gear tooth flank tribological system on the gear contact load capacity – to increase the understanding of how surface topography and lubricant interact. In this thesis the variation in surface topography inherent in the ...

This work proposes a numerical model that incorporates the effect of lubricant inertia on the hydrodynamic pressure distribution, fluid film reaction forces, and the fluid velocity component profiles for finite-length open-ended squeeze film dampers (SFDs). Firstly, the thin film flow equations for the SFD in presence of fluid inertia effects are introduced. Furthermore, a small first-order per...

In this research we used Heavy Propylene Tetramer (HPT) and A1C13 —BF3 (Lewis acids) ascatalyst and ethanol, n-propanol and n-butanol as co-catalyst. Using Lewis acids as catalyst, theHPTs form molecules with higher molecular weight. Since the raw materials of the reaction are byproducts of other reactions, are not pure and contain various compounds with different M.W andalso different chemical...

research scientist, Quaker Chemical Corp., Uithoorn, The Netherlands [email protected] Cold rolling involves intensive frictional contact between two highly loaded metallic surfaces in sliding contact. Together with the deformation-related parameters, such as hardness and reduction, the frictional conditions in the roll bite determine the roll forces and torques required for rolling (Figu...