Tribology Letters

Improved Friction and Wear Performance Utilized with Aminoguanidine-Based Ionic Liquid Over Wide Temperature Range for Reciprocating Frictional Contact Surface

• Original Paper

Junjing Fan, Yan Shen, Ye Liu, Jinghao Qu, Jie Liu, Baihong Yu, Jiujun Xu

Activation Volumes in Tribochemistry; What Do They Mean and How to Calculate Them?

• Review

Nicholas Hopper, Resham Rana, François Sidoroff, Juliette Cayer-Barrioz, Denis Mazuyer, Wilfred T. Tysoe

Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Mechanisms of Aqueous Polyethylene Glycols

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Stefan Hofmann, Jingyu Hou, Thomas Lohner, Karsten Stahl

Effects of Asperity Shapes and Normal Loads on Adhesive Wear Mechanisms

• Original Paper

Xiaohu Wu, Fuli Zhang, Huanxiong Xia, Lin Zhang, Jianhua Liu, Xuerui Zhang, Xiaohui Ao, Juncheng Luo

High Temperature Induced Brittle-Ductile Transition of Monocrystalline Silicon via In Situ Indentation

• Original Paper

Zerui Zhao, Xianke Li, Xinhang Yang, Hao Wu, Chi Zhang, Shunbo Wang, Hongwei Zhao

Resistance to Oxidation and Tribological Behavior of MoS2 Nanoparticles in Severe Environmental Conditions

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Marina Benmansour, Pavel Afanasiev, Jules Galipaud, Lucile Joly-Pottuz, Fabrice Dassenoy

Influence of Electric Potentials on Surface Damage in Rolling–Sliding Contacts Under Mixed Lubrication

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Ammad Yousuf, Hugh Spikes, Liang Guo, Amir Kadiric

Modelling Friction Reduction Based on Molybdenum Disulphide Tribofilm Formation and Removal in Boundary Lubrication

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Dichu Xu, Cayetano Espejo, Chun Wang, Ardian Morina

The Corrosion Performance and Post-corrosion Wear Mechanisms of Fully Formulated Lubricants Introduced Varying Hydrogen

• Original Paper

Xinbo Wang, Lili Jin, Hao Zhang, Ruifeng Xu, Yansong Liu, Oleksandr Stelmakh, Baigang Sun

Effect of Metal Composition on Mechanical Properties of Tribofilms

• Original Paper

David C. Roache, Mark Devlin, Xiaodong Li

Role of Oxygen Content and Humidity on Adhesion and Damage Behavior of Wheel-Rail Interface Under Low Temperature

• Original Paper

Yanwen Lin, Yongjiang Wang, Jiaqiang Li, Jingyi Wang, Chunying Ma, Mingxue Shen

Tribofilm Formation by Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as Lubricant Additives: Microscopic Insights into Growth Conditions and Mechanisms

• Original Paper

Longji Guo, Yanan Yin, Lina Gao, Hao Lin, Yuzhen Liu, Kai Le, Xu Zhao, Xu Chen, Shusheng Xu

Characterisation of Friction Between Glass Tows: Comparison of Experiments and Finite Element Simulations Using an ALE Formulation

• Original Paper

Hugo Jamet, Chayma Chahloul, Guillaume Helbert, Florent Bouillon, Nahiène Hamila

Preliminary Investigation on the Critical Point for Wheel–Rail Adhesion Recovery Phenomenon Under Water-Based Conditions

• Original Paper

Zhou Jiajun, Zhai Gengwei, Liu Yinhu, Xue Mingchen, Zhou Gaowei, Tian Chun, Wu Mengling

Biphasic Lubrication Theory of Hydrogels: Transient Response and Sample Size Effects

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Sawae

Dislocation Slip and Damage Evolution Behavior in the Dent-Induced Pitting Process of M50 Bearing Steel

• Original Paper

Wanjia Li, Xiangxu Meng, Yanwei Zheng, Jinbao Huang, Tingjian Wang, Le Gu, Liqin Wang, Chuanwei Zhang

Some Remarks on a Recent Wear Theory

• Open Access
• Original Paper

M. Ciavarella

Bidirectional Object Transport on Biomimetic Setal Array with Friction Anisotropy

• Original Paper

Zhuyu Zhou, Tianyuan Liu, Xiyin Gu, Zhongmeng Zhu, Qian Cheng, Han Jiang

Finite Element Simulation Method for Fretting Wear Considering Double-Side Wear Behavior

• Original Paper

Yifan Song, Pei Yan, Wenxiang Zhao, Tingwei Sha, Zhicheng Dai, Siyu Li, Huiqing Gu, Xibin Wang

A New MRCAHE Method for Wear Particle Image Enhancement Based on Improved Online Optical Microfluidic Sensor

• Original Paper

Zhenzhen Liu, Jingrui Wang, Yan Liu, Hongfu Zuo, Xin Li, Jiale Miao, Xiaolei Hu

Investigation on Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Lubricating Grease in Hydrodynamic Lubrication Regime

• Original Paper

Xuanrui Zhang, Dong Zhen, Guojin Feng, Zewen Zhou, Xiaoxia Liang, Hao Zhang, Fengshou Gu

Tribological Characteristics of Laser Multi-scale Composite Textures for YT-15 Cemented Carbide Surface

• Original Paper

Xinru Zhu, Xuefeng Yang, Antao Zhao, Xinming Cheng, Qilin Zhang, Deyu Liu

Toward Cost-Effective Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants: Influence of Synthetic Ester and Low-Viscosity Polyalphaolefin Blend Type on Additive Performance

• Open Access
• Original Paper

K. Ademi, W. Wijanarko, N. Espallargas

Towards a Universal Scaling for the Elastic Contact Between Anisotropic and Non-gaussian Surfaces

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Francesc Pérez-Ràfols, Michele Ciavarella

Friction and Tactile Sensation of Index Finger Skin on Textured Glass Surfaces During Swipe Motion

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Yoshitaka Nakanishi, Naoki Fujita, Kazushi Miyamoto, Daiki Morimoto, Ryo Suzuki

Synthesis of a Novel Multifunctional Ionic Liquid Based on Benzotriazole for Enhanced Tribological Performance of Steel Interfaces

• Original Paper

Chaoyang Zhang, Xingwei Wang, Yuchen Sun, Shuang Sun, Chen Zhao, Yu Liu, Shuangshuang Yang, Qiangliang Yu, Mohamed Kamal Ahmed Ali

Thin Film-Formation Mechanisms of Aqueous Lubricant in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Ashley Mungroo, Denis Mazuyer, Juliette Cayer-Barrioz

Effect of Alternating Magnetic Fields on the Tribological Behaviors of Steel/Steel Contact Under Dry Sliding Conditions

• Original Paper

Xiaojian Yu, Qiangqiang Zhang, Chuan Li, Xueyan Xu, Zhiquan Yang, Xianguo Hu

A Comprehensive Study on the Tribological Behavior of Extruded and 3D-Printed PEEK for Low-Cost Dental Implant Solutions Under Simulated Oral Conditions

• Original Paper

Kandula Uday Kumar Reddy, Suresh Kumar Reddy Narala, Piyush Chandra Verma, Polavarapu Jayakrishna Babu, Prabakaran Saravanan

On the Friction and Lubrication of 3D Printed Ti6Al4V Hip Joint Replacement

• Open Access
• Original Paper

David Rebenda, Lukáš Odehnal, Simona Uhrová, David Nečas, Martin Vrbka

Time-Dependent Contact Behaviour of ZDDP-Derived Tribofilms: A Viscoelastic Layered Model Approach

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Dongze Wang, Ali Ghanbarzadeh, Nan Xu, Qingyang Liu, Gregory de Boer

A Multi-Scale Contact Model for Rough Surfaces Under Loading and Unloading Conditions

Xuerui Zhang, Hongda Shen, Fuli Zhang, Guorui Zhang, Huanxiong Xia, Jianhua Liu, Xiaohui Ao, Juncheng Luo, Xuedong Zhu, Jian Zhang, Xiaohu Wu

On the Intricate Relation between Contact Aspect Ratio, High-Pressure Rheology, and Minimum Film Thickness in Elastohydrodynamic Conjunctions

• Original Paper

W. Habchi, P. Sperka, S. Bair

Layered Rare Earth Sulfates as Solid Lubricants for Enhancing Grease’s High Extreme-Pressure Performance

• Original Paper

Xiaosheng Zhang, Xuexue He, Chong Ma, Xiaowei Kong, Gangsen Li, Li Qiao, Yanfei Zhang, Kangwei Li, Jingyi Ma, Yuewei Zheng, Lei Liu

Quantifying Hydrogen Concentrations and their Influence on Surface-Initiated Damage in Rolling/Sliding Contacts of 100 Cr6 Bearing Steel

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Lisa-Marie Weniger, Kinza Jamil, Birhan Sefer, Leonardo Pelcastre, Pia Åkerfeldt, Claes-Olof A. Olsson, Jens Hardell

Enhanced Lubricating Performance and Conductive Ability of Polyurea Grease by Metal Oxide Modified Tungsten Disulfide Composites

• Original Paper

Wenhao Chen, Yanqiu Xia, Yi Zhang

Investigation of the Friction Properties of TZM Alloy Under Different Loads

• Original Paper

Keji Yue, Lu Wang, Ziyuyang Zheng, Yuan Dong, Dongting Li, Renquan Wang, Chang Liu, Ying Liu