Effect of carbon nanotubes on friction and wear of a piston ring and cylinder liner system under dry and lubricated conditions

Zhinan ZHANG; Jun LIU; Tonghai WU; Youbai XIE

doi:10.1007/s40544-016-0126-6

Friction 2017, 5(2): 147-154 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-016-0126-6

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Effect of carbon nanotubes on friction and wear of a piston ring and cylinder liner system under dry and lubricated conditions

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Zhinan ZHANG^{¹^,²}(

), Jun LIU^², Tonghai WU^³, Youbai XIE^{¹^,²}

¹ State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

² School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

³ Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Modern Design and Rotor-Bearing System, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

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friction, wear, piston ring, carbon nanotubes, tribological behavior

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ZHANG Z, LIU J, WU T, et al. Effect of carbon nanotubes on friction and wear of a piston ring and cylinder liner system under dry and lubricated conditions. Friction, 2017, 5(2): 147-154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-016-0126-6

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This study involves the application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to a piston ring and cylinder liner system in order to investigate their effect on friction and wear under dry and lubricated conditions. Carbon nanotubes were used as a solid lubricant and lubricant additive in dry and lubricated conditions, respectively. Simulation and measurement of friction and wear were conducted using a reciprocating tribometer. Surface analysis was performed using a scanning electron microscope and an energy dispersive spectrometer. The results indicate that carbon nanotubes can considerably improve the tribological performance of a piston ring and cylinder liner system under dry sliding conditions, whereas improvement under lubricated conditions is not obvious. Under dry friction, the effective time of the CNTs is limited and the friction coefficient decreases with an increase in CNT content. Furthermore, the dominant wear mechanism during dry friction is adhesive.

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Effect of carbon nanotubes on friction and wear of a piston ring and cylinder liner system under dry and lubricated conditions

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Zhinan ZHANG^{¹^,²}(

), Jun LIU^², Tonghai WU^³, Youbai XIE^{¹^,²}

¹ State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

² School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

³ Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Modern Design and Rotor-Bearing System, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

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Keywords: friction, wear, piston ring, carbon nanotubes, tribological behavior

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Received: 03 August 2016

Revised: 24 August 2016

Accepted: 11 September 2016

Published: 05 November 2016

Issue date: June 2017

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The research presented in this paper was partially funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51575340 and 51575342) and Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration (No. MSVZD201104).

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