EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON STEADY DYNAMIC FRICTION OF MWCNTs MIXED LUBRICANTS

Shraddha Gondane, Arun K. Singh (), Nitish Sinha and R. P. Vijayakumar
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Shraddha Gondane: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440010, India
Arun K. Singh: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440010, India
Nitish Sinha: #x2020;Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Management, Jalgaon 425002, India
R. P. Vijayakumar: #x2021;Department of Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440010, India

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2020, vol. 27, issue 07, 1-8

Abstract: This paper investigates the steady sliding behavior of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) mixed lubricants at the metal–metal interface in direct shear tests. Slide-free-slide (SFS) experiments were performed to understand dynamic frictional stress of the sliding surfaces above the critical velocity. The experimental observations show that the dynamic stress decreases with increase in sliding velocity, but the same increases with normal stress. Further, in the case of change in concentration of the MWCNTs in the lubricant, the dynamic stress increases initially and then decreases to a minimum value and then further increases with addition of more nanoparticles in the lubricant. Dynamic stress and corresponding critical velocity are found to be minimum about 1.6% (wt./vol.) of MWCNTs concentration. Magnitude of cohesion as well as the coefficient of friction were also determined experimentally with the Coulomb friction law. The friction results are discussed in terms of the scaling laws in three regimes, namely viscous, rolling and sliding. These laws are justified on the basis of the mixed lubrication regime of Stribeck curve. Surface morphology of the test specimens before and after the experiment was also examined using SEM and EDS tests. No evidence of surface damage owing to motion of the nanoparticles was observed.

Keywords: MWCNTs; nanolubricant; normal stress; steady frictional stress; slide-free-slide (SFS) test; slide-hold-slide (SHS) test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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