An adhesion-dominated rolling friction regime unique to micro-scale ball bearings

Tribology Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-221

  Hanrahan, Brendan M ^a,b   Misra, Saswat ^c   Beyaz, Mustafa I ^d   Feldman, Jeremy H ^c   Waits, Christopher M ^a   Ghodssi, Reza ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ANTALYA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesive wear; Ball bearings; MEMS; Silicon; Vapor phase lubrication

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BALL BEARINGS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); FREE ENERGY; MEMS; SILICON; TRIBOLOGY; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ADHESIVE WEARS; FRICTION AND WEAR PROPERTIES; ROLLING BEARINGS; ROLLING ELEMENTS; ROLLING FRICTION; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; TESTING PLATFORMS; VAPOR-PHASE LUBRICATIONS;

FRICTION;

EID: 84919768897     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-014-0401-5     Document Type: Article

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