Friction properties of groove texture on Cr12MoV surface

To analyze the influence of surface texture on friction properties of Crl2MoV＇, ordinary grinder and spinning technology were adopted to obtain the grooved surface morphology of samples, and then the impact of spindle speed and feed in z-direction on surface morphology in the process of spinning was studied. In addition, the corresponding friction coefficient of sample was obtained through friction and wear tests. The results show that the peak clipping and the valley filling were conducted on the grinding surface, which could improve the surface roughness effectively and make the grinding trench-type wear scar more uniform. Both the area ratio of groove and groove spacing increased initially and then decreased with the increase of the spindle speed or the feed in z-direction. As a kind of micro-process, the groove could influence the friction coefficient of sample surface, whose distribution was beneficial to the reduction of friction coefficient. Compared with the surface obtained through ordinary grinding, grooved surface morphology through spinning technology was more conductive to reduce the friction coefficient, which could be reduced by 25%. When the friction coefficient of sample was reduced to the minimum, the texture of groove corresponded had an optimal area ratio and an optimal groove spacing, 37.5% and 27.5 μm, respectively.

Anisotropic tribology and electrification properties of slidingmode triboelectric nanogenerator with groove textures

Sliding-mode triboelectric nanogenerator(S-TENG)is based on the coupling of triboelectrification and electrostatic induction,converting electrical energy from sliding motion.Introducing micro-textures into the sliding surface,and adjusting the angle between the texture and sliding direction(direction angle)may achieve performance anisotropy,which provides novel ideas for optimizing the tribology and electrification performance of S-TENG.To guide the performance optimization based on the anisotropy,in this paper,groove micro-textures were fabricated on the surface of S-TENG,and anisotropic tribology and electrification performance were obtained through changing the direction angle.Based on the surface analysis and after-cleaning tests,the mechanism of the anisotropy was explained.It is shown that the anisotropy of friction coefficient can be attributed to the changes of texture edge induced resistance and groove captured wear debris,while the voltage anisotropy is due to the variations of debris accumulated on the sliding interface and the resulting charge neutralization.Among the selected 0°–90°direction angles,S-TENG at angle of 90°exhibits relatively small stable friction coefficient and high open-circuit voltage,and thus it is recommended for the performance optimization.The open-circuit voltage is not directly associated with the friction coefficient,but closely related to the wear debris accumulated on the sliding interface.This study presents a simple and convenient method to optimize the performance of S-TENG,and help understand the correlation between its tribology and electrical performance.

Optimization of groove texture profile to improve hydrodynamic lubrication performance:Theory and experiments

It is well known that groove texture with a careful design can be used to enhance the load‐carrying capacity of oil film under the conditions of hydrodynamic lubrication.In this study,a general parametric model was developed,and agenetic algorithm‐sequential quadratic programming hybrid method was adopted to obtain the global‐optimum profile of the groove texture.The optimized profiles at different rotating speeds are all chevrons.The numerical analysis results verified the effect of the optimization.In addition to the numerical optimization,experiments were conducted to validate the superiority of the optimized results.The experimental results show that the optimized groove texture can efficiently reduce the coefficient of friction(COF)and the temperature rise of the specimen.In particular,the optimized groove textures can achieve stable ultra‐low COF values(COF<0.01)under certain conditions.

Influence of groove surface texture on temperature rise under dry sliding friction

Parallel groove surface textures with different area densities were fabricated on ASTM 1045 steel. Friction tests were con- ducted under dry sliding condition. Temperature rise, friction coefficient and wear of both the textured and untextured speci- mens were studied. An embedded K-type thermocouple beneath the friction surfaces was employed to measure frictional tem- perature rise. The results indicated that the temperature rise of the textured specimen was obviously reduced compared with that of the untextured specimen, although the difference between the friction coefficients was not significan.. The specimen with high texture density exhibited a small temperature rise. The difference in temperature rise between the specimens with different texture densities can be primarily attributed to differences in heat dissipation and energy allocation between the tri- bo-pairs caused by the textured structure. The energy consumed by wear and plastic deformation was small in ~：omparison with the total energy input by friction, thus, the influence of these factors on temperature rise can be considered to be~ negligible.