Friction reduction behavior of oil-infused natural wood

Shutian LIU; Conglin DONG; Chengqing YUAN; Xiuqin BAI

doi:10.1007/s40544-021-0558-5

Friction 2022, 10(11): 1824-1837 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-021-0558-5

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Friction reduction behavior of oil-infused natural wood

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Shutian LIU^{¹^,²^,³}, Conglin DONG^{¹^,²}(

), Chengqing YUAN^{¹^,²}(

), Xiuqin BAI^{¹^,²}

1 School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

2 Key Laboratory of Marine Power Engineering & Technology (Ministry of Transport), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

3 Polymer Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, the Netherlands

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fluorination, natural porous material, oil infusion treatment, frictional behaviors

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LIU S, DONG C, YUAN C, et al. Friction reduction behavior of oil-infused natural wood. Friction, 2022, 10(11): 1824-1837. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-021-0558-5

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Natural materials tend to exhibit excellent performance in the engineering field because of their structure and special functions. A natural red willow, called natural porous wood material (NPWM), was found, and wear tests were conducted to determine its potential as an oil-impregnated material by utilizing its special porous structure. Fluorination treatment was adopted to improve the NPWM properties for absorbing and storing lubricating oil. The different contributions of soaking and fluorination-soaking treatments on the tribological properties of NPWMs and their respective mechanism of effect were revealed. The results showed that the fluorination-soaking treatment helped absorb and store sufficient lubricating oil in the NPWM porous structure; therefore, more lubricating oil would be squeezed out and function as a tribol-film between contacting surfaces during the friction process, thus ultimately contributing to stable and smooth wear responses even under prolong friction. However, the formation of an oil-in-water emulsion, caused by the buoyancy effect, destroyed the oil films on the worn NPWM surface in a water environment, resulting in higher coefficients of friction (COFs) under water conditions than under dry friction, even after the fluorination-soaking treatment. The knowledge gained herein could not only verify the potential of NPWM as an excellent oil-impregnated material in the engineering field but also provide a new methodology for the design of artificial porous materials with stable and smooth friction processes.

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Friction reduction behavior of oil-infused natural wood

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Shutian LIU^{¹^,²^,³}, Conglin DONG^{¹^,²}(

), Chengqing YUAN^{¹^,²}(

), Xiuqin BAI^{¹^,²}

1 School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

2 Key Laboratory of Marine Power Engineering & Technology (Ministry of Transport), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China

3 Polymer Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, the Netherlands

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Keywords: fluorination, natural porous material, oil infusion treatment, frictional behaviors

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Received: 20 June 2021

Revised: 02 September 2021

Accepted: 30 September 2021

Published: 12 April 2022

Issue date: November 2022

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52075399), High-Tech Ship Research Project of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (No. MIIT [2019]358), and the financial support from the program of China Scholarships Council (CSC. No. 202006950002).

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