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Abstract
Self-lubricating fabric liners are the core functional materials of self-lubricating joint bearings, which have garnered significant attention in the field of high-tech equipment lubrication due to their excellent characteristics, such as impact resistance, corrosion resistance, and high load-bearing capacity. This review summarizes recent progress in tribological research on self-lubricating fabric composites, covering external parameters, woven structure, reinforced fibers, resin matrix design, and filler/interface modification. The correlation between the dynamic response of the friction interface (friction coefficient, wear rate) and the macroscopic mechanical behavior (load-carrying capacity, fatigue resistance) in composites is systematically revealed through cross-scale analysis. Furthermore, the synergistic effects of multi-scale factors on the tribological and mechanical properties of liner materials are elucidated. This provides a theoretical basis and technical guidance for developing high-performance self-lubricating fabric liners with high wear resistance and low friction fluctuation, effectively improving the efficiency of engineering applications of such materials under extreme load, temperature, and medium conditions.
期刊介绍:
Friction is a peer-reviewed international journal for the publication of theoretical and experimental research works related to the friction, lubrication and wear. Original, high quality research papers and review articles on all aspects of tribology are welcome, including, but are not limited to, a variety of topics, such as:
Friction: Origin of friction, Friction theories, New phenomena of friction, Nano-friction, Ultra-low friction, Molecular friction, Ultra-high friction, Friction at high speed, Friction at high temperature or low temperature, Friction at solid/liquid interfaces, Bio-friction, Adhesion, etc.
Lubrication: Superlubricity, Green lubricants, Nano-lubrication, Boundary lubrication, Thin film lubrication, Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, Mixed lubrication, New lubricants, New additives, Gas lubrication, Solid lubrication, etc.
Wear: Wear materials, Wear mechanism, Wear models, Wear in severe conditions, Wear measurement, Wear monitoring, etc.
Surface Engineering: Surface texturing, Molecular films, Surface coatings, Surface modification, Bionic surfaces, etc.
Basic Sciences: Tribology system, Principles of tribology, Thermodynamics of tribo-systems, Micro-fluidics, Thermal stability of tribo-systems, etc.
Friction is an open access journal. It is published quarterly by Tsinghua University Press and Springer, and sponsored by the State Key Laboratory of Tribology (TsinghuaUniversity) and the Tribology Institute of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.