Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal Insulation

Reducing friction is of utmost importance to improve efficiency and lifetime of many products used in our daily lives. Thin hard coatings like diamond-like carbon (DLC) have been shown to reduce friction in full-film-lubricated contacts. In this work, it is shown that contrarily to common belief, th...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Björling, M. (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Habchi, W. (author), Bair, S. (author), Larsson, L. (author), Marklund, P. (author)
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2175
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8
Björling, M., Habchi, W., Bair, S., Larsson, R., & Marklund, P. (2014). Friction reduction in elastohydrodynamic contacts by thin-layer thermal insulation. Tribology Letters, 53(2), 477-486.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8
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description Reducing friction is of utmost importance to improve efficiency and lifetime of many products used in our daily lives. Thin hard coatings like diamond-like carbon (DLC) have been shown to reduce friction in full-film-lubricated contacts. In this work, it is shown that contrarily to common belief, the friction reduction stems mainly from a thermal phenomenon and not only a chemical/surface interaction one. It is shown that a few micrometer-thin DLC coating can significantly influence the thermal behavior in a lubricated mechanical system. The presented simulations, validated by experiments, show that applying a thin DLC coating to metal surfaces creates an insulating effect that due to the increased liquid lubricant film temperature at the center of the contact, locally reduces lubricant viscosity and thus friction. The results of the investigation show that the addition of thin insulating layers could lead to substantial performance increases in many applications. On a component level, the contact friction coefficient in some common machine components like gears, rolling element bearings, and cam followers can potentially be reduced by more than 40 %. This will most likely open up the way to new families of coatings with a focus on thermal properties that may be both cheaper and more suitable in certain applications than DLC coatings.
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spelling Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal InsulationBjörling, M.Habchi, W.Bair, S.Larsson, L.Marklund, P.Reducing friction is of utmost importance to improve efficiency and lifetime of many products used in our daily lives. Thin hard coatings like diamond-like carbon (DLC) have been shown to reduce friction in full-film-lubricated contacts. In this work, it is shown that contrarily to common belief, the friction reduction stems mainly from a thermal phenomenon and not only a chemical/surface interaction one. It is shown that a few micrometer-thin DLC coating can significantly influence the thermal behavior in a lubricated mechanical system. The presented simulations, validated by experiments, show that applying a thin DLC coating to metal surfaces creates an insulating effect that due to the increased liquid lubricant film temperature at the center of the contact, locally reduces lubricant viscosity and thus friction. The results of the investigation show that the addition of thin insulating layers could lead to substantial performance increases in many applications. On a component level, the contact friction coefficient in some common machine components like gears, rolling element bearings, and cam followers can potentially be reduced by more than 40 %. This will most likely open up the way to new families of coatings with a focus on thermal properties that may be both cheaper and more suitable in certain applications than DLC coatings.PublishedN/A2015-09-21T07:12:23Z2015-09-21T07:12:23Z20142015-09-21Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1023-8883http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2175https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8Björling, M., Habchi, W., Bair, S., Larsson, R., & Marklund, P. (2014). Friction reduction in elastohydrodynamic contacts by thin-layer thermal insulation. Tribology Letters, 53(2), 477-486.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8enTribology Lettersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/21752019-09-19T13:56:37Z
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title_full Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal Insulation
title_fullStr Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal Insulation
title_full_unstemmed Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal Insulation
title_short Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal Insulation
title_sort Friction Reduction in Elastohydrodynamic Contacts by Thin Layer Thermal Insulation
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2175
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11249-013-0286-8