Friction and wear behaviour of boron based surface treatment and nano-particle lubricant additives for wind turbine gearbox applications

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1754-1760

  Greco, A ^a   Mistry, K ^a   Sista, V ^a   Eryilmaz, O ^a   Erdemir, A ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boriding; Gearbox; Nano lubricant additives; Surface engineering; Wear; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CONTACT CONDITIONS; DRIVE-TRAIN COMPONENTS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; FRICTION AND WEAR; GEAR STEELS; GEARBOX; KEY COMPONENT; LUBRICANT ADDITIVES; MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY; MICRO-PITTING; NANO-LUBRICANT ADDITIVES; OPTICAL PROFILOMETRY; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SLIDING CONTACTS; STEEL SURFACE; SURFACE ENGINEERING; SURFACE LAYERS; TRIBOCHEMICAL INTERACTION; TRIBOFILMS; TRIBOLOGICAL ISSUES; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; WELL-DISPERSED;

BORIDING; BORON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DURABILITY; FRICTION; GEAR MANUFACTURE; INVESTMENTS; NITRIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PITTING; SOLID LUBRICANTS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR RESISTANCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 79960664648     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.11.060     Document Type: Article

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