LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-14DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040128
Zhaoqun Ma, Yan Zhao, Yiming Han, Wenjing Lou, Shuai Li, Xiaobo Wang, Feng Guo, Haichao Liu
{"title":"Approach to Determine the Limiting Shear Stress of Lubricants at High Pressures Based on Traction Mapping","authors":"Zhaoqun Ma, Yan Zhao, Yiming Han, Wenjing Lou, Shuai Li, Xiaobo Wang, Feng Guo, Haichao Liu","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040128","url":null,"abstract":"Typical lubricants behave in a non-Newtonian manner under conditions of high shear and high pressure, as is commonly observed in lubricated rolling/sliding contacts. To optimize and predict the friction therein, knowledge of the high-pressure rheological behaviors of lubricants and limiting shear stress (LSS) is essential. This study developed an approach for determining the LSS of lubricants based on friction mapping of rolling/sliding contacts, using a ball-on-disc traction machine. The main contribution lies in the introduction of a practical approach for the selection of a proper entrainment velocity for determining the LSS, with reduced thermal influences and near isothermal conditions. The proposed approach enables full film lubrication, while keeping the film as thin as possible to prevent excessive shear heating and, thus, thermal effects. The LSS of two lubricants, PAO40 and complex ester, has been measured at pressures ranging from 1.2 GPa to 1.7 GPa. A bilinear model has been used to describe the variation of LSS with pressure. The impact of entrainment velocity selection on the measurement of LSS is also discussed.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140704341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-14DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040127
A. Savvides, Leonidas Papadopoulos, George Intzirtzis, Stamatios Kalligeros
{"title":"Machine Learning Approach for the Investigation of Metal Ion Concentration on Distillate Marine Diesel Fuels through Feed Forward Neural Networks","authors":"A. Savvides, Leonidas Papadopoulos, George Intzirtzis, Stamatios Kalligeros","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040127","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a set of Feed Forward Neural Networks (FNN) for the estimation of the metal ion concentration of diesel fuels is presented. The dataset vector is obtained through in situ measurements from distillate marine diesel fuel storage tanks all over Greece, in order to reduce the selection bias. It has been demonstrated that the most correlated ions among them are Aluminum (Al), Barium (Ba) and Calcium (Ca). Moreover, the FNN models are the most reliable models to be used for the model construction under discussion. The initial L2 error is relatively small, in the vicinity of 0.3. However, after removing a small dataset that includes 1–2 data points significantly deviating from the model trend, the error is substantially reduced to 0.05, ensuring the reliability and accuracy of the model. If this dataset is cleared, the estimated error is substantially reduced to 0.05, enhancing the reliability and accuracy of the model. The correlation between the sum of the concentrations of the model in relation with the Density and Viscosity are, respectively, 0.15 and 0.29 which are characterized as weak.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140705408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-12DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040126
William Austin, Maryam Hdeib, Paige Fraser, Maya Goldchtaub, Elika Shams, Tianyi Han, Pierre-Luc Michaud, Vahid Adibnia
{"title":"Oral Lubrication, Xerostomia, and Advanced Macromolecular Lubricants for Treatment of Dry Mouth","authors":"William Austin, Maryam Hdeib, Paige Fraser, Maya Goldchtaub, Elika Shams, Tianyi Han, Pierre-Luc Michaud, Vahid Adibnia","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040126","url":null,"abstract":"Dry mouth, also known as xerostomia, is a condition in which insufficient or ineffective saliva does not provide sufficient oral lubrication. The severity of this condition can vary from a mild discomfort to a debilitating condition that greatly impairs patients’ lives. Xerostomia arises as a side effect of various medications, diseases, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or nerve damage. Various aqueous dispersions of macromolecules have been proposed to assist or replace the saliva in these patients. It is vital that these macromolecules have ample lubricity and water retention properties while showing long-lasting efficacy. The emphasis of this review is to provide a general overview on lubricating macromolecules that have been clinically used or reported in the literature as potential replacements for saliva. These include various natural or synthetic polymers, proteins, peptides, and lipids that are used in the form of solutions, gels, emulsions, and colloids. Perspectives into the future of macromolecular oral lubricants in the treatment of xerostomia are also provided.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140710003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-07DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040125
Fei Shang, Bo Sun, Shaofeng Wang, Yongquan Han, Wenjing Liu, Ning Kong, Yuwu Ba, Fengchun Miao, Zhendong Liu
{"title":"Calibration of Oil Film Thickness Acoustic Reflection Coefficient of Bearing under Multiple Temperature Conditions","authors":"Fei Shang, Bo Sun, Shaofeng Wang, Yongquan Han, Wenjing Liu, Ning Kong, Yuwu Ba, Fengchun Miao, Zhendong Liu","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040125","url":null,"abstract":"Rolling mill bearings are prone to wear, erosion, and other damage characteristics due to prolonged exposure to rolling forces. Therefore, regular inspection of rolling mill bearings is necessary. Ultrasonic technology, due to its non-destructive nature, allows for measuring the oil film thickness distribution within the bearing during disassembly. However, during the process of using ultrasonic reflection coefficients to determine the oil film thickness and distribution state of rolling mill bearings, changes in bearing temperature due to prolonged operation can occur. Ultrasonic waves are susceptible to temperature variations, and different temperatures of the measured structure can lead to changes in measurement results, ultimately distorting the results. This paper proposes using density and sound speed compensation methods to address this issue. It simulates and analyzes the oil film reflection coefficients at different temperatures, ultimately confirming the feasibility and effectiveness of this approach. The paper establishes a functional relationship between bearing pressure and reflection coefficients, oil film thickness, and reflection coefficients. This allows for the compensation of reflection coefficients under any pressure conditions, enhancing the accuracy of oil film thickness detection. The proposed method provides technical support for the maintenance of plate rolling processes in the steel industry.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140732621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-07DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040124
Bing Su, Han Li, Guangtao Zhang, Fengbo Liu, Yongcun Cui
{"title":"Study on Cage Stability of Solid-Lubricated Angular Contact Ball Bearings in an Ultra-Low Temperature Environment","authors":"Bing Su, Han Li, Guangtao Zhang, Fengbo Liu, Yongcun Cui","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040124","url":null,"abstract":"In the ultra-low temperature environment, the material properties of the bearing change, which puts forward higher requirements for the dynamic performance of the bearing cage. The bearings operating in ultra-low temperature environments commonly use solid lubricants. This study first focused on measuring the traction coefficients of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) solid lubricant in a nitrogen atmosphere, and the Gupta fitting model is constructed to derive the traction equation. Subsequently, the dynamic differential equation of angular contact ball bearings was established, and the stability of the bearing cage in a nitrogen environment was simulated and analyzed based on the dynamic model. The accuracy of the simulation model was verified through comparison. The results show that less than 10% of errors exist between the experimental data and the traction curve fitted by the Gupta model, and the stability of the cage is closely related to operating parameters and bearing structure parameters. Cage stability increases with axial load but decreases with radial load. The cage stability is optimal when the radial internal clearance of the bearing is approximately 0.06 mm. When other conditions remain unchanged and the ratio of the cage pocket hole gap to the cage guide surface gap is 0.2, the cage stability is the best. The research results will provide a foundation for the design and application of solid-lubricated angular contact ball bearings in ultra-low temperature environments.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140733756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-06DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040123
A. Morshed, Hui Wu, Mengyuan Ren, Zhao Xing, S. Jiao, Zhengyi Jiang
{"title":"A Study of Water-Based Nanolubricants Using Hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN)-Based Nanocomposites as Lubricant Additives","authors":"A. Morshed, Hui Wu, Mengyuan Ren, Zhao Xing, S. Jiao, Zhengyi Jiang","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040123","url":null,"abstract":"An Rtec ball-on-disk tribometer was used to investigate the tribological performance of the synthesised water-based nanolubricants containing hBN/TiO2 nanocomposite at room temperature. The water-based nanolubricants with different concentrations were prepared by adding glycerol and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) under ultrasonication. These as-prepared nanolubricants demonstrated exceptional dispersion stability for 7 days without distinct sedimentation. The results indicate that the water-based nanolubricants with an overall concentration of 1.0 wt% at different ratios (hBN: TiO2 = (1:0), (0.7:0.3), (0.5:0.5), (0.3:0.7), (0:1)) can effectively reduce the coefficient of friction (COF) and the wear of the ball and disk. In particular, the water-based nanolubricant containing 0.5 wt% hBN and 0.5 wt% TiO2 exhibited the best tribological performance, leading to a significant reduction in COF up to 70%, and decreased the wear area of the ball and disk by up to 79.57% and 60.40%, respectively, compared to those obtained using distilled water. The lubrication mechanisms were mainly attributed to the formation of a protective film, and the mending, polishing, rolling, and synergistic effects of the hBN nanosheets and TiO2 nanoparticles.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140734681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extrapolation of Hydrodynamic Pressure in Lubricated Contacts: A Novel Multi-Case Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework","authors":"Faras Brumand-Poor, Niklas Bauer, Nils Plückhahn, Matteo Thebelt, Silas Woyda, Katharina Schmitz","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040122","url":null,"abstract":"In many technical applications, understanding the behavior of tribological contacts is pivotal for enhancing efficiency and lifetime. Traditional experimental investigations into tribology are often both costly and time-consuming. A more profound insight can be achieved through elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) simulation models, such as the ifas-DDS, which determines precise friction calculations in reciprocating pneumatic seals. Similar to other distributed parameter simulations, EHL simulations require a labor-intensive resolution process. Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) offer an innovative method to expedite the computation of such complex simulations by incorporating the underlying physical equations into the neural network’s parameter optimization process. A hydrodynamic PINN framework has been developed and validated for a variant of the Reynolds equation. This paper elucidates the framework’s capacity to handle multi-case scenarios—utilizing one PINN for various simulations—and its ability to extrapolate solutions beyond a limited training domain. The outcomes demonstrate that PINNs can overcome the typical limitation of neural networks in extrapolating the solution space, showcasing a significant advancement in computational efficiency and model adaptability.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140736822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040120
Di Jin, Jacob Klein
{"title":"The Effects of Splayed Lipid Molecules on Lubrication by Lipid Bilayers","authors":"Di Jin, Jacob Klein","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040120","url":null,"abstract":"The outstanding lubrication of articular cartilage in the major synovial joints such as hips and knees, essential for the joint well-being, has been attributed to boundary layers of lipids at the outer cartilage surfaces, which have very low friction mediated by the hydration lubrication mechanism at their highly hydrated exposed headgroups. However, the role of spontaneously present lipid splays—lipids with an acyl tail in each of the opposing bilayers—in modulating the frictional force between lipid bilayers has not, to date, been considered. In this study, we perform all-atom molecular dynamics simulations to quantitatively assess the significance of splayed molecules within the framework of lubricating lipid bilayers. We demonstrate that, although transient, splayed molecules significantly increase the inter-membrane friction until their retraction back into the lamellar phase, with this effect more steadily occurring at lower sliding velocities that are comparable to the physiological velocities of sliding articular cartilage.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140736889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040121
Raphael Scharf, Mitchell Maier, M. Pusterhofer, Florian Grün
{"title":"A Comprehensive Numerical Study of a Wedge-Shaped Textured Convergent Oil Film Gap","authors":"Raphael Scharf, Mitchell Maier, M. Pusterhofer, Florian Grün","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040121","url":null,"abstract":"The modification of surface geometries to reduce friction is an omnipresent topic of research. In nature, different low-friction surfaces, such as fish skins, exist. To transfer this knowledge to technical applications, for example, to journal or plain bearings, many numerical and experimental studies of textured surfaces have been performed. In this work, the influence of the geometric parameters (texture length , width , angle and start position of a wedge-shaped texture on three different convergent oil film gaps was analyzed in full-film lubrication and compared with untextured oil film gaps. With the aid of a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) model, a comprehensive variation study was conducted, and the best-performing wedge-shaped texture was determined. The results show that an open texture at the inlet provides the largest improvement. Furthermore, it can be observed that the optimal relative texture width and absolute inlet height for the three investigated oil film gaps are similar. In contrast to the volume flow of the untextured geometry, the volume flow of the textured one is significantly higher, especially that perpendicular to the movement direction.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140739762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LubricantsPub Date : 2024-04-04DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12040119
Luigi Mazza, Edoardo Goti
{"title":"Failure and Damage of Reciprocating Lip Seals for Pneumatic Cylinders in Dry Conditions","authors":"Luigi Mazza, Edoardo Goti","doi":"10.3390/lubricants12040119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12040119","url":null,"abstract":"Lip seals are components subjected to high mechanical stress and they are responsible for many out-of-service in pneumatic cylinders. The aim of this work is the development of an experimental methodology to evaluate lifetime duration and analyse failures and damages of rod lip seals for pneumatic cylinders. A dedicated test bench was designed and manufactured which reproduces actual working conditions of the seals i.e., compressed air action (seal pressurisation) and relative linear reciprocating motion. Three types of seals made of two elastomers (NBR and polyurethane) were tested; dry condition was considered to speed up the tests. The influence of geometric parameters like seal seat dimension and seal axis misalignment with respect to the rod axis, was analysed by multiple experimental tests. Results in terms of seal life duration and failure modes are presented which allow comparison of seals performance and provide a helpful tool to end-users in a proper selection of seals geometry, material and key working parameters.","PeriodicalId":18135,"journal":{"name":"Lubricants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140744068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}