Tribology of Elastomers, Volume 47 (Tribology and Interface by Si-wei Zhang

By Si-wei Zhang

Inspite of the sensible value of the friction, put on and lubrication of elastomers, restricted literature is on the market in this subject. Addressing those wishes, this publication will provide readers an entire knowing of rubber tribology and the main advancements during this box during the last ten years. For the 1st time new and significant achievements reminiscent of theories of rubber abrasion and surfacial mechanochemical results of rubber put on are awarded. The e-book will pay precise consciousness to the rules of rubber put on - a transparent realizing of that's crucial for these striving in the direction of additional expanding the operating lifetime of rubber. * Comprehensively and systematically covers details of rubber tribology* the unique selection of contents informs readers of the most recent advancements within the field*Meeting the wishes of varied readers - researchers, engineers, technicians, graduates

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Spectrum of frictional force and vibration (acceleration) against sliding time in filled NR [62] (2) Microvibration. It is induced in the slip stage of the stick-slip process as shown in Fig. 13(11). The frequencies which agree with the intrinsic natural frequency of rubber are in the range of 500-1000Hz for the rubbers examined. 14) reached by Fukohori and Yamazaki [61] are proved again that the abrasion pattern is developed gradually from micro-pattern, an initially grown primary pattern with smaller spacing, to macro-pattern, a stable secondary pattern with larger spacing as stated previously in Reference [57].

S respectively was used as lubricant to investigate the effect of lubrication on frictional behavior. 11. 5 0 3-0 9"0 t/S Fig. 11, Variation of friction force (0-30 ~) Obviously, the friction force is varied periodically with time, as shown in Fig. 11. According to the above theoretical analysis, it is possibly explained as that under the conditions of a point contact and this point exerted by tangential load, the molecular chain of rubber at that point is stretched along with the sliding direction, consequently, the corresponding friction force increases gradually.

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