Switchable Friction Coefficient on Shape Memory Photonic Crystals

MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (14-15) ◽  
pp. 757-763
Author(s):  
Yifan Zhang ◽  
Xingyi Lyu ◽  
Yongliang Ni ◽  
Diyang Li ◽  
Sin-Yen Leo ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTIntelligent control of friction and adhesion has attracted much attention for use in soft robotics, human-sensor interfaces, and bionics. Here we introduce a shape memory photonic crystal (SMPC) polymer that can be programmed and recovered by solvent to realize switchable surface friction. Micro sliding test show that the friction coefficient on this SMPC in the programmed and recovered state can vary by three times. We also show that the mechanism behind this switchable friction coefficient is the surface roughness related adhesion.

2005 ◽  
Vol 486-487 ◽  
pp. 261-264
Author(s):  
Bo Young Hur ◽  
Sang Hun Cho ◽  
Sang Youl Kim

Coated sheet steels have been increasingly used in automotive industry for improving corrosion resistance. When GA outer plates processed the interfacing of the coating film and the metal matrix causes surface irregularities in the surface state of the sheet metal. Consequently, research to determine each phase composite’s friction coefficient is on-going. Investigating the effects that cause surface roughness, change and mechanical properties of outer automobile plates through temper rolling skin pass mill elongation is essential. Researching surface roughness in relation to surface friction properties requires the determination of a surface friction coefficient. This research demonstrates that there is a complex effect between the lubricant membrane and surface roughness when processing GA plates. Consequently, the strength of the lubricant membrane strongly influences the friction coefficient


2018 ◽  
Vol 767 ◽  
pp. 124-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Kada ◽  
Zhi Gang Wang

The lubricating performance of the zinc phosphate coating employed generally in cold forging is evaluated with Bowden-Leben sliding test by changing friction conditions such as the coating thickness, specimen temperature, the tool surface roughness, contact pressure and sliding speed. A specimen for the friction test is prepared from the inner surface of an extruded square cup and the residual thickness of the lubrication coating on the specimen is controlled by using the surface expansion in forward extrusion of the cup. Experimental results showed that the specimen temperature has the strongest influence on the friction coefficient. With an increase of the specimen temperature, the friction coefficient gradually decreases until 473K, and then increases sharply. With an increase of the tool surface roughness, the friction coefficient increases slightly. Friction coefficient is formulated as a function of the specimen temperature and the tool surface roughness. The anti-galling ability of the coating is affected by the residual thickness of lubrication coating, the specimen temperature and the tool surface roughness.


Author(s):  
Santosh Kumar ◽  
Vimal Edachery ◽  
Swamybabu Velpula ◽  
Avinash Govindaraju ◽  
Sounak K. Choudhury ◽  
...  

Clinching is an economical sheet joining technique that does not require any consumables. Besides, after its usage, the joints can be recycled without much difficulty, making clinching one of the most sustainable and eco-friendly manufacturing processes and a topic of high research potential. In this work, the influence of surface roughness on the load-bearing capacity (strength) of joints made by the mechanical clinching method in cross-tensile and lap-shear configuration is explored. Additionally, a correlating mathematical model is established between the joint strength and its surface parameters, namely, friction coefficient and wrap angle, based on the belt friction phenomenon. This correlation also explains the generally observed higher strength in lap-shear configuration compared to cross-tensile in clinching joints. From the mathematical correlation, through friction by increasing the average surface roughness, it is possible to increase the strength of the joint. The quality of the thus produced joint is analyzed by cross-sectional examination and comparison with simulation results. Experimentally, it is shown that an increment of >50% in the joint strength is achieved in lap-shear configuration by modifying the surface roughness and increasing the friction coefficient at the joint interface. Further, the same surface modification does not significantly affect the strength in cross-tensile configuration.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 507
Author(s):  
Mateusz Dulski ◽  
Robert Gawecki ◽  
Sławomir Sułowicz ◽  
Michal Cichomski ◽  
Alicja Kazek-Kęsik ◽  
...  

Recent years have seen the dynamic development of methods for functionalizing the surface of implants using biomaterials that can mimic the physical and mechanical nature of native tissue, prevent the formation of bacterial biofilm, promote osteoconduction, and have the ability to sustain cell proliferation. One of the concepts for achieving this goal, which is presented in this work, is to functionalize the surface of NiTi shape memory alloy by an atypical glass-like nanocomposite that consists of SiO2-TiO2 with silver nanoparticles. However, determining the potential medical uses of bio(nano)coating prepared in this way requires an analysis of its surface roughness, tribology, or wettability, especially in the context of the commonly used reference coat-forming hydroxyapatite (HAp). According to our results, the surface roughness ranged between (112 ± 3) nm (Ag-SiO2)—(141 ± 5) nm (HAp), the water contact angle was in the range (74.8 ± 1.6)° (Ag-SiO2)—(70.6 ± 1.2)° (HAp), while the surface free energy was in the range of 45.4 mJ/m2 (Ag-SiO2)—46.8 mJ/m2 (HAp). The adhesive force and friction coefficient were determined to be 1.04 (Ag-SiO2)—1.14 (HAp) and 0.247 ± 0.012 (Ag-SiO2) and 0.397 ± 0.034 (HAp), respectively. The chemical data showed that the release of the metal, mainly Ni from the covered NiTi substrate or Ag from Ag-SiO2 coating had a negligible effect. It was revealed that the NiTi alloy that was coated with Ag-SiO2 did not favor the formation of E. coli or S. aureus biofilm compared to the HAp-coated alloy. Moreover, both approaches to surface functionalization indicated good viability of the normal human dermal fibroblast and osteoblast cells and confirmed the high osteoconductive features of the biomaterial. The similarities of both types of coat-forming materials indicate an excellent potential of the silver-silica composite as a new material for the functionalization of the surface of a biomaterial and the development of a new type of functionalized implants.


Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (35) ◽  
pp. 12969-12975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Fei ◽  
Tao Lu ◽  
Jun Ma ◽  
Shenmin Zhu ◽  
Di Zhang

Photonic crystals with both optical and thermal responses based on a natural butterfly wing template.


2011 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Dong Shi ◽  
Shou Wen Shi ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Jian Li Li

Airport runway friction coefficient is an important parameter to evaluate the quality of runway which is usually measured by runway friction coefficient measuring vehicle. In order to reduce the airport runway friction coefficient measuring error which comes from runway vibration caused by road roughness and vehicle its own structural characteristics, an impedance diagram is used to model the suspending system and measuring system of the measuring vehicle. The power spectral density of pavement and inverse discrete Fourier transformation are introduced to model runway surface roughness as excitation input. The rationality of the stimulating established model is validated by comparing with an airport runway surface roughness measurement data. Runway friction coefficient measuring vehicle′s measuring error can be reduced and the measurement accuracy can be improved by using the impedance diagram modeling method.


2010 ◽  
Vol 150-151 ◽  
pp. 1810-1813
Author(s):  
Guang Biao Xu ◽  
Lian Ying Zhao ◽  
Fu Mei Wang

The low-stress properties of PTT/wool blended fabrics were investigated by comparing with PET/wool blended fabrics. The results show that, the elongation of PTT/wool fabrics at the maximum load is higher, especially in filling wise, which means PTT/wool fabrics have better elastic. The bending hysteresis, shearing rigidity and shearing hysteresis of PTT/wool fabrics are higher than those of PET/wool fabrics, determining the fabrics having good formability. PTT/wool fabrics are easier to be compressed, and has a little higher surface friction coefficient, giving the fabrics better feeling of softness and fullness. The hand values show that PTT/wool blended fabrics are softer, and have the good bulkiness but not as good as that of PET/wool fabrics.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenpeng Wei ◽  
Hussein Dourra ◽  
Guoming Zhu

Abstract Transfer case clutch is crucial in determining traction torque distribution between front and rear tires for four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles. Estimating time-varying clutch surface friction coefficient is critical for traction torque control since it is proportional to the clutch output torque. As a result, this paper proposes a real-time adaptive lookup table strategy to provide the time-varying clutch surface friction coefficient. Specifically, the clutch-parameter-dependent (such as clutch output torque and clutch touchpoint distance) friction coefficient is first estimated with available low-cost vehicle sensors (such as wheel speed and vehicle acceleration); and then a clutch-parameter-independent approach is developed for clutch friction coefficient through a one-dimensional lookup table. The table nodes are adaptively updated based on a fast recursive least-squares (RLS) algorithm. Furthermore, the effectiveness of adaptive lookup table is demonstrated by comparing the estimated clutch torque from adaptive lookup table with that estimated from vehicle dynamics, which achieves 14.8 Nm absolute mean squared error (AMSE) and 2.66% relative mean squared error (RMSE).


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 6081-6090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongliang Ni ◽  
Yifan Zhang ◽  
Sin-Yen Leo ◽  
Yin Fang ◽  
Mingzhen Zhao ◽  
...  

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