[Purpose] Friction massage (friction) of the popliteal fossa is provided for the purpose of relieving pain related to circulatory disorders by improving venous flow in the lower legs. The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of enhancing the venous flow based on measuring the blood flow velocity of the popliteal vein before and after providing friction to the patients. [Subjects and M...

A new dynamic friction model for modeling of elliptical vibration assisted turning (EVAT) was developed in this research. The periodic change of the friction force direction is known to be one of the most important causes of this phenomenon. In modeling of machining processes (including the EVAT process), static Coulomb friction model was employed by most of the researchers. Because of the peri...

A friction coefficient is defined as the ratio of the friction force to the applied normal force. Despite the disarming simplicity of its calculation, there are practical challenges that make low values of friction coefficient difficult to accurately quantify. The connections of imperfect parts in friction measurement devices (called tribometers) produce small misalignments between the transduc...

In this paper, the gear material 20CrMnTi was selected as the research object. Friction and wear behavior was performed on the M2000 friction and abrasion tester. The friction and wear mechanisms of 20CrMnTi steel were discussed under coupling of rolling and sliding. The results show that damage of steel-steel couples under coupling of rolling and sliding is caused by the interaction of mechani...

The friction between two polyelectrolyte gels carrying the same or opposite sign of charges has been investigated using a rheometer. It is found that the friction was strongly dependent on the interfacial interaction between two gel surfaces. In the repulsive interaction case, especially, the friction was extremely low. The friction behavior is attempted to be described in terms of the hydrodyn...

In the general framework of tracking control of hydraulic servo systems, this paper presents a comparison between two main possibilities to include friction information in the picture: experimental identification and estimation. Experiments were first conducted in order to find a suitable representation for friction in the system. We then looked at two observers reported in the literature (know...

Friction drilling Process is a rotating conical tool to penetrate the work piece and create a bushing in a single step without generating chips. This work investigates the finite element modeling (FEM) of large plastic strain and high-temperature work-material deformation in friction drilling. The workmaterial deformation is very large, and both the tool and work piece temperatures are high in ...

An improved PID friction feed-forward compensation control based on segment friction model is presented for nonlinear friction perturbation problems of high precision optoelectronic tracking stable platform systems. From the view of engineering application, the friction characteristics of stable platform servo systems are considered, a simple and reasonable segment friction model is established...

Slippery surfaces are a continuous concern in equine veterinary practice during both treatment and orthopaedic work-ups, especially when horses have to trot on circles. Sliding of the equine foot on the ground with the potential of injury is prevented if the horizontally acting accelerating or decelerating forces on the foot do not exceed maximal friction. Friction can be calculated and therefo...

This paper presents the experimental research into high mechanical efficiency at thrust bearings of low-side scroll compressors for air conditioners with the new refrigerant R407C and Polyolester (POE) lubricant. In order to examine the friction loss at the thrust bearing under a test condition which is close to the actual running condition of compressors, the authors developed a friction test ...