System analysis of friction and wear processes when using fullerene compositions in lubricants

The system-structural approach in researches of processes of friction and wear at application of fullerene compositions in lubricants is proved in the work. It is proposed to use a multilevel approach to study and model the processes of deformation of the surface layers of movable and fixed triboelements and the formation on energy-activated surfaces of wear-resistant structures containing fullerene molecules. The essence of the approach is to use multi-scale research methods to build mathematical models within a single research structure. Due to the fact that tribosystems differ in the integrity of the interconnected elements included in them, it is assumed that all processes occur at three hierarchical levels. At this level, they interact with each other and exchange energy and matter. Input and output flows in studies of tribosystems are formulated. It is shown that the input streams include design parameters of the tribosystem, technological parameters, operating parameters. These parameters form the flow of matter, energy and information, which is the input effect on the tribosystem. The output flow from the tribosystem are the parameters: volumetric wear rate I, dimension m3/hour; friction losses, which are estimated by the coefficient of friction f, dimensionless quantity. The output stream is the information flow of the tribosystem. When solving contact problems, this allows to take into account not only the level of stresses, but also the speed of deformation in the materials of the surface layers, as well as the depth of deformation, which in the models will take into account the volume of deformed material.Depending on the tasks and requirements for their solution, the use of different methodological approaches for modeling is justified. It is shown that the application of mathematical models in the modeling of tribological processes depends on the correct choice of technical constraints that determine the range of optimal solutions