We present molecular dynamics friction calculations for confined hydrocarbon solids with molecular lengths from 20 to 1400 carbon atoms. Two cases are considered: a) polymer sliding against a hard substrate, and b) polymer sliding on polymer. In the first setup the shear stresses are relatively independent of molecular length. For polymer sliding on polymer the friction is significantly larger,...

in this work, experimental studies of internal friction coefficient and porosity of four high productive rice varieties in iran (nemat, neda, pajouhesh and pardis) have been presented. moisture content varied in four different ranges between 8 and 20%. the obtained results indicated that the internal friction coefficient decreased with increasing the moisture content from 8 to 11%, then decreas...

The kinetic (or sliding) friction of pharmaceutical tablets and capsules influences how they will behave during the conveying, coating, and packaging operations that are used for drug product manufacturing. In order to logically design equipment for manufacturing and packaging operations, and to simulate manufacturing and packaging performance (for example, using discrete or finite element mode...

N. Ratković, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. R. Nikolić, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia. I. Samardžić, University of Osijek, Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. Fundamental principles of friction welding of dissimilar steels (high speed and tempering steel) from the aspect of metallurgical and che...

A new method is presented for measurements of friction of microsized particles on surfaces. Specifically in this work, the particles are alumina with diameters between approximately 1 and 50 microm and the surfaces are InP, Si, and Cr. Friction is analyzed, its components are determined, and the friction coefficients are estimated from the experimental results. The technique and the specific in...

Submitted for the MAR09 Meeting of The American Physical Society Rubber Friction -A Molecular Picture1 ANISH KURIAN, KUMAR NANJUNDIAH, ALI DHINOJWALA, THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON TEAM — Understanding the relationship between adhesion, friction and the interfacial structure has been of significant interest for many years. Most tribological experiments involve measuring friction and adhesion values t...

This work presents a numerical analysis of entropy generation in Γ-Shaped enclosure that was submitted to the natural convection process using a simple thermal lattice Boltzmann method (TLBM) with the Boussinesq approximation.  A 2D thermal lattice Boltzmann method with 9 velocities, D2Q9, is used to solve the thermal flow problem. The simulations are performed at a constant Prandtl number (Pr ...

A selection of recent experimental and theoretical work involving the atomic force microscope is reviewed, with the focus being upon dynamic measurements. Four topics are covered: calibration techniques for the friction force microscope, quantitative measurements of friction and the effect of adhesion, measurement and theory for the deformation and adhesion of viscoelastic particles, and the in...

Friction Stir Processing (FSP) is a recent outgrowth of the Friction Stir Welding (FSW) process and relies on solid-state deformation to modify the surface of the working surface/materials. Our work to date has shown to locally eliminate casting defects and refine the microstructure to improve their mechanical properties and enhance corrosion resistance. Such improvements have important implica...

The work material in metal working operations always shows some kind of anisotropy. In order to simplify the theoretical analysis, especially considering bulk deformation processes, anisotropy is usually neglected and the material is assumed to be isotropic. On the other hand, the analysis that considered the influence of anisotropy seldom incorporates the influence of friction. For predicting ...