Tribology Letters

Counterion-Driven Mechanochemical Reactions at TC4 Alloy/SiO2 Interfaces: Electrical Double Layer and Dynamic Ionic Radius

• Original Paper

Jinwei Liu, Xin Zeng, Peng Zhang, Xiang Peng, Deping Yu

Temperature Rise in Frictional Sliding Contact of Elastic–Plastic Solids with Fractal Surface

• Original Paper

Si-Cheng Wang, Yue Ding, Yunlai Zhou, Gang-Feng Wang

Superlubricity of Sputtered MoS2 Film in Dry Air Enabled by Proton Irradiation

• Original Paper

Xinhu Wu, Yongfu Wang, Kuiliang Gong, Gaiqing Zhao, Xudong Sui, Xiaobo Wang

Obtaining Ultra-long Wear Lifetime of Graphene Oxide Films Under High Contact Stress Through Soft and Hard Interbeded Formation Mode

• ORIGINAL PAPER

Li Chen, Hang Zhu, Gang Wu, Bo Mu, Yaqian Liu, Xingkai Zhang, Changning Bai

Sliding Viscoelastic Contacts: The Role of Adhesion, Boundary Conditions, and Finite Geometry

• Original Paper

Luciano Afferrante, Guido Violano, Giuseppe P. Demelio

In-situ Synthesis of Nickel Nanoparticles in Olive Oil and Study of Their Tribological Properties as Vegetable Oil Additives

• Original Paper

Wenya Xu, Guangbin Yang, Shengmao Zhang, Yujuan Zhang, Shuguang Fan, Laigui Yu, Pingyu Zhang

The Effect of Synovial Fluid Constituents on Boundary Lubrication of Superficial Area of Articular Cartilage

• Original Paper

Wenxiao Li, Takehiro Morita, Yoshinori Sawae

Effect of Humidity on the Wear Behavior of Graphene Under Current Carrying Conditions

• Original Paper

Qian Tang, Yuehua Huang, Deen Sun, Qunyang Li

Core–Shell Structured Silica Nanoparticles as Abrasive for Tungsten Chemical Mechanical Planarization

• Original Paper

Deng Pan, Gaoyuan Ren, Jingwei Zhang, Xiangyu Liu, Shudong Wang

Study on Tribological Properties of Gear Material PA66 Reinforced by Glass Fibers

• ORIGINAL PAPER

Xinmin Li, Zhengjie Qiu, Wing San Tony Hung, Ulf Olofsson, Löwer Manuel, Chaoqun Duan

Prediction of Wear in Start–Stop Systems Using Continuum Damage Mechanics

• ORIGINAL PAPER

Soroosh Salehi, Sahar Ghatrehsamani, Saleh Akbarzadeh, M. M. Khonsari

First-Principles Study of Superlubricity of Two-Dimensional Graphene/ WS2 Heterostructures

• Original Paper

Dongwei Liang, Cheng Zhang, Chengyu Shen, Guangteng Cao, Ningbo Liao, Miao Zhang

Investigation on the Effect of Ionic Liquids on the Dispersion and Lubrication Performance of Nano-silver-Based Lubricating Oils

• Original Paper

Chengjie Jin, Long Sun, Kexin Cao, Peng Chen, Songquan Wang, Ningning Hu

Study on Adhesive Friction Process Considering Electrostatic Interaction

• Original Paper

Hongsheng Lu, Pengzhe Zhu, Rao Li, Jiacheng Rong, Ying Yin

Effect of Surface Texturing on Friction and Lubrication of Ti6Al4V Biomaterials for Joint Implants

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Matúš Ranuša, Lukáš Odehnal, Ondřej Kučera, David Nečas, Martin Hartl, Ivan Křupka, Martin Vrbka

Design, Synthesis and Tribological Properties of Fatty Acid Diethanolamide Borate Esters with Different Carbon Chain Lengths

• Original Paper

Xi Yang, Guangbin Yang, Shengmao Zhang, Yujuan Zhang, Shuguang Fan, Zhengquan Jiang, Laigui Yu, Pingyu Zhang

Theoretical Calculation and Experimental Verification of Wear Prediction During the Tightening Process of Bolted Joint

• Original Paper

Wentao Zhang, Liansheng Li, Jin Gao, Jianhua Liu, Hao Gong, Qinghua Wang

On How to Determine Surface Roughness Power Spectra

• Open Access
• Original Paper

N. Rodriguez, L. Gontard, C. Ma, R. Xu, B. N. J. Persson

Wear Behavior Dominated by Strain Partitioning Between Retained Austenite and α-Fe in Bainitic Steel

• ORIGINAL PAPER

Sida Chen, Qinyuan Huang, Fengshuai Wu, Zulai Li, Quan Shan

Size Effect on the Spherical Scratch Response in Single Crystalline Copper

• Original Paper

Jinxuan Zhu, Tao He

Sliding Viscoelastic Contacts: Reciprocating Adhesive Contact Mechanics and Hysteretic Loss

• Original Paper

Guido Violano, Giuseppe P. Demelio, Luciano Afferrante

Time-Varying Wear Behavior of CuSn12Ni2 Used for Sliding Planet Gear Bearings During Mixed Lubrication: Experiments and Modeling

• Original Paper

Fan Zhang, Lingfeng Cheng, Yuechang Wang, Lei Chen, Jianmei Wang

Harnessing Machine Learning to Predict MoS2 Solid Lubricant Performance

• Original Paper

Dayton J. Vogel, Tomas F. Babuska, Alexander Mings, Peter A. MacDonell, John F. Curry, Steven R. Larson, Michael T. Dugger

Enhancing Lubrication Performance of Fluid Film Journal Bearings Using Combined Effects of Herringbone Groove and Porous Bush

• Original Paper

Xun Huang, Shaowen Zhang

Fabrication of Self-Assembled Cu Nanochains for Water-Based Lubrication Systems

• Original Paper

Keying Hua, Diange Guo, Feng Zhou, Xia Zhang

Invasion-Migration-Wear Mechanism of Hard Particles at the Interface of Water-Lubricated Rubber Bearing Under Friction Vibration Excitation

• Original Paper

Fuming Kuang, Anbang Zhu, Xincong Zhou, Chengqing Yuan, Hongling Qin, Pan Cao, Dequan Zhu, Qing Li, Qing He, Jun Wang

Friction-Induced Stick–Slip Vibration Control via Composite Design of Surface Macro-Grooves and Micro-textures

• Original Paper

Songlan Xie, Guohong Liu, Zaiyu Xiang, Zhaolin Liu, Zhengming Xiao, Bin Tang, Deqiang He

Mechanism of Non-Amontons Boundary Friction of Fullerene Ball Nano-Additives

• Original Paper

Xiaopeng Ruan, Xiaomei Wang, Luyao Bao, Feng Zhou

Pro-Inflammatory Response to Macrotextured Silicone Implant Wear Debris

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Dixon J. Atkins, Ann E. Rogers, Kathryn E. Shaffer, Ian Moore, Wyatt D. Miller, Meghan A. Morrissey, Angela A. Pitenis

Friction Coefficient Evolution of Drying Lubricant in the Joints of Beetles by Friction Force Microscopy

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Cornelia F. Pichler, Richard Thelen, Thomas van de Kamp, Hendrik Hölscher

Tribological Behavior of Dynamic Hard/Soft Seals Under Mixed Particles Condition: Mechanisms of Particle Breakage and Non-Uniform Hardness Effect

Kun Qin, Ziyi Zhou, Qin Zhou, Nan Wang, Tangshengjie Wei, Yunfei Di, Longxiang Yu

The Friction Reduction and Stick–Slip Inhibition Effects of Ultrasonic Vibration on Sliding Friction Pair Under Solid Lubrication

• Original Paper

Lingjie Luo, Qun Li, Zhan Cheng, Bing Wang, Weimin Long, Bo Zhao

Study on the Effect of Normal Loads on the Fretting Wear Performance of Zr-4 Alloy Tubes Under Three Fretting Modes

• Original Paper

Wenxin Xie, Siyuan Ding, Bin Rong, XiZhang Wang, Lei Xu, JingFang Peng

Methods to Observe Tribological Failures in Self-Mated Steel Contacts

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Farida Ahmed Koly, Arnab Bhattacharjee, Nikhil Murthy, Benjamin Gould, Oyelayo Ajayi, Scott Walck, Cinta Lorenzo Martin, Stephen Berkebile, David L. Burris

Influence of the Crystallinity on the Tribological Behavior of MoS2 Nanoparticles Stabilized by a Succinimide Dispersant

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

Scale Interval Method for Calculating the Fractal Parameter: Fractal Roughness

• Methodology

Haoran Liao, Ying Liu, Hongju Li

Application of Oxide Wear Models to Radial Fretting

• Methodology

D. Cubillas, M. Olave, I. Llavori, I. Ulacia, J. Larrañaga, A. Zurutuza, A. Lopez

Mechanisms of ZDDP—An Update

• Open Access
• Review

Hugh Spikes