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Predicting wear under boundary lubrication: a decisive statistical study

Predicting wear under boundary lubrication: a decisive statistical study
Predicting wear under boundary lubrication: a decisive statistical study

The forthcoming revolution in mobility and the use of lubricants to ensure ecological friendliness intensifies the pressure on tribology for predictors in new life cycles, mainly addressing wear. The current paper aims to obtain such predictors by studying how the wear processes that occur in a standard FE8 bearing test rig under thin film lubrication are conducted by the properties of the lubricant rather than simple viscosity parameters. Assuming that the activity of a lubricant with respect to the temperature, surface, and chemicals is a matter of its chemical potential, the results show that the nature of the base oil is a key parameter, apart from the chemical structure of the additives. Moreover, it becomes clear that chemical predictors are changing by altering the conditions they are exposed to. As an important result, the lubricant is effective in the prevention of wear if it has the capacity to uptake and transmit electrical charges due to its polarisability during a wear process.

chemistry, lubricants, statistics, thin films, tribology, wear, wear prediction
2075-4442
Goerlach, Bernd
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Holweger, Walter
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Kitirach, Lalita
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Fliege, Joerg
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Goerlach, Bernd
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Holweger, Walter
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Kitirach, Lalita
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Goerlach, Bernd, Holweger, Walter, Kitirach, Lalita and Fliege, Joerg (2023) Predicting wear under boundary lubrication: a decisive statistical study. Lubricants, 11 (12), [514]. (doi:10.3390/lubricants11120514).

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The forthcoming revolution in mobility and the use of lubricants to ensure ecological friendliness intensifies the pressure on tribology for predictors in new life cycles, mainly addressing wear. The current paper aims to obtain such predictors by studying how the wear processes that occur in a standard FE8 bearing test rig under thin film lubrication are conducted by the properties of the lubricant rather than simple viscosity parameters. Assuming that the activity of a lubricant with respect to the temperature, surface, and chemicals is a matter of its chemical potential, the results show that the nature of the base oil is a key parameter, apart from the chemical structure of the additives. Moreover, it becomes clear that chemical predictors are changing by altering the conditions they are exposed to. As an important result, the lubricant is effective in the prevention of wear if it has the capacity to uptake and transmit electrical charges due to its polarisability during a wear process.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 November 2023
Published date: 4 December 2023
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.
Keywords: chemistry, lubricants, statistics, thin films, tribology, wear, wear prediction

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Local EPrints ID: 499938
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/499938
ISSN: 2075-4442
PURE UUID: ee132f6a-ad44-4fea-b638-4f670c5f9288
ORCID for Joerg Fliege: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4459-5419

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Date deposited: 09 Apr 2025 16:32
Last modified: 22 Aug 2025 01:58

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Author: Bernd Goerlach
Author: Walter Holweger
Author: Lalita Kitirach
Author: Joerg Fliege ORCID iD

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