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Understanding The Evolution Of Surface Texture Under Boundary Lubrication, Salil T. Bapat
Understanding The Evolution Of Surface Texture Under Boundary Lubrication, Salil T. Bapat
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The objective of this research was to understand the evolution of surface texture under boundary/mixed lubrication (BL). Significant material/energy losses occur during BL because of direct contact between the two surfaces. Traditionally, tribofilms have been studied extensively for BL while textures have been used as a static engineering design parameter to enhance lubricant film properties. However, texture is dynamic at the tribological mating interface, where both physical and chemical interactions are continuously modulated. The evolution and the interplay between the tribofilm and texture is least studied in the literature, which is the focus of this research.
MoS2-based lubricants, known for …