Study on effect of dimples on friction of parallel surfaces under different sliding conditions

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2863-2875

  Meng, Fanming ^a,b   zhou, Rui ^a   Davis, Tiffany ^a   Cao, Jian ^a   Wang, Q Jane ^a   Hua, Diann ^c   Liu, Jordan ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CC FFT; Dimple; Friction coefficient; Friction force; Lubrication; Parallel surfaces

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LUBRICATION; TRIBOLOGY;

APPLIED LOADS; DIMPLE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION FORCE; LUBRICATION EQUATION; ROUGH SURFACES; SLIDING CONDITIONS; SMALL ROUGHNESS;

FRICTION;

EID: 75249090419     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.11.041     Document Type: Article

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