scholarly journals Identification of the Effect of Ultrasonic Friction Reduction in Metal-Elastomer Contacts Using a Two-Control-Loop Tribometer

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6289
Author(s):  
Michael Weinstein ◽  
Christian Nowroth ◽  
Jens Twiefel ◽  
Jörg Wallaschek
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Force Control ◽  
Sliding Friction ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Ultrasonic Frequency ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Variable Position ◽  
Sealing Ring

Pneumatic cylinders are widely used in highly dynamic processes, such as handling and conveying tasks. They must work both reliably and accurately. The positioning accuracy suffers from the stick-slip effect due to strong adhesive forces during the seal contact and the associated high breakaway forces. To achieve smooth motion of the piston rod and increased position accuracy despite highly variable position dynamics, sliding friction and breakaway force must be reduced. This contribution presents a specially designed linear tribometer that has two types of control. Velocity control allows the investigation of sliding friction mechanisms. Friction force control allows investigation of the breakaway force. Due to its bearing type, the nearly disturbance-free detection of stick-slip transients and the dynamic contact behavior of the sliding friction force was possible. The reduction of the friction force was achieved by a superposition of the piston rod’s movement by longitudinal ultrasonic vibrations. This led to significant reductions in friction forces at the rubber/metal interface. In addition, the effects of ultrasonic frequency and vibration amplitude on the friction reduction were investigated. With regard to the breakaway force, significant success was achieved by the excitation. The force control made it possible to identify the characteristic movement of the sealing ring during a breakaway process.

Motion of masses with asymmetric and symmetric friction. Application to fault sliding

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Xiang Wong ◽  
Elena Pasternak ◽  
Arcady Dyskin
Keyword(s):  
Frictional Force ◽  
Normal Load ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Inertial Force ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Relative Mass ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Driving Frequency ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Friction Forces

<p>This study analyses a situation when a geological fault contains a section of anisotropic gouge with inclined symmetry axes (e.g. inclined layering), Bafekrpour et al. [1]. Such gouge in a constrained environment induces, under compression, asymmetric friction (different friction forces resisting sliding in the opposite directions). The rest of the gouge produces conventional symmetric friction. A mass-spring model of the gouge with asymmetric and symmetric friction sections is proposed consisting of a mass with asymmetric friction connected through a spring to another mass with symmetric friction. These masses are set on a base subjected to vibration. A parametric analysis is performed on this system. Two distinct characteristic regimes were observed: <em>recurrent movement</em> resembling stick-slip motion similar to predicted by [2] and <em>sub-frictional movement</em>. Recurrent movement arises when the inertial force is sufficient to overcome frictional force of a block with symmetric friction. Sub-frictional movement occurs when the inertial force is not sufficient to overcome frictional force of an equivalent system with only symmetric friction. The sub-frictional movement is produced by the force in the connecting spring increased due to the movement of the asymmetric friction block in the direction characterised by low friction. We formulate the criterion at which sub-frictional movement occurs. The occurrence of sub-frictional depends upon the relative mass of the symmetric and asymmetric friction sections, as well as the amplitude and driving frequency of the excitation. Power spectra of the produced vibrations are determined for both regimes. The results can shed light on mechanisms of sliding over pre-existing discontinuities and their effect on seismic event generation and propagation of hydraulic fractures in the presence of discontinuities.</p><p>[1] Bafekrpour,<strong> </strong>E., A.V. Dyskin, E. Pasternak, A. Molotnikov and Y. Estrin (2015), Internally architectured materials with directionally asymmetric friction. <em>Scientific Reports</em>, 5, Article 10732.</p><p>[2] Pasternak, E. A.V. Dyskin and I. Karachevtseva, 2020. Oscillations in sliding with dry friction. Friction reduction by imposing synchronised normal load oscillations. <em>International Journal of Engineering Science</em>, 154, 103313.</p><p><strong>Acknowledgement</strong>. AVD and EP acknowledge support from the Australian Research Council through project DP190103260.</p>

Fluid-Hammer Effects on Coiled-Tubing Friction in Extended-Reach Wells

SPE Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 365-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silviu Livescu ◽  
Steven Craig ◽  
Bill Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Friction Modeling ◽  
Radial Vibrations ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Force Matching ◽  
Coiled Tubing

Summary The lateral reach and residual bottomhole-assembly (BHA) loads in extended-reach wells strongly depend on the coiled-tubing (CT) mechanical friction. Detailed CT-friction modeling becomes crucial in the prejob planning stage to ensure successful job predictability. However, current numerical simulators consider constant coefficients of friction (CoFs) that are determined from similar operations without taking into account the effects of the operational and downhole parameters on the CoF for a specific operation. This study outlines the modeling of CT-friction force, CoF, and axial BHA loads depending on the operational and downhole parameters when a fluid-hammer tool is used. Recent theoretical, laboratory, and field data have established how CoF depends on the downhole parameters (Livescu and Wang 2014; Livescu and Watkins 2014; Livescu et al. 2014a, b; Livescu and Craig 2015). Previously, these effects were not considered in the CT numerical models, leading to significant CoF differences among available commercial simulators. For instance, the default CoFs in the current prejob simulations for cased holes, when no lubricant or friction-reducing tools such as fluid-hammer tools and tractors are used, vary between 0.24 and 0.30 or even higher. This makes it extremely difficult to consistently evaluate and compare the friction-reduction effects of lubricants, fluid-hammer tools, and tractors in extended-reach wells, especially when the field operator may be consulting with several service companies that use different commercial force-modeling software. This study presents the CT-force matching and fundamental physics on the basis of modeled fluid forces, including radial forces, drag forces, and, most importantly, pressure forces on the CT-friction forces caused by fluid-hammer tools. Extending the method of characteristics, regularly used for studying pressure pulses in straight pipes, the perturbations method also accounts for the helical shape of the CT. The new CT fluid-hammer model is validated against laboratory data. This rigorous method for calculating the axial BHA load and reduced CT-friction force caused by radial vibrations can be easily implemented in currently available tubing-force analysis (TFA) software for CT operations. This novel approach, which uses detailed CT mechanical-friction modeling to take into account parameters such as temperature, internal pressure, pumping rate, and others, improves predictions for CT reach in lateral wells. These findings broaden the current industry understanding of the CT mechanical friction modeling in extended-reach wells, and show benefits for the industry when considering variable friction modeling in commercial CT simulators.

Experimental Study of Friction in a Pneumatic Actuator at Constant Velocity

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee E. Schroeder ◽  
Rajendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Experimental Method ◽  
Friction Force ◽  
Constant Velocity ◽  
Sliding Friction ◽  
Pneumatic Actuator ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Friction Models ◽  
Semi Empirical ◽  
Force Data

This paper describes an experimental method of determining sliding friction forces in a pneumatic actuator. Several empirical and semi-empirical friction models are evaluated using measured friction force data. A repeatability study is also performed to qualitatively assess friction randomness and a change in friction regimes.

Characterization of Contact Kinematics and Application to the Design of Wedge Dampers in Turbomachinery Blading: Part 1—Stick-Slip Contact Kinematics

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Yang ◽  
C. H. Menq
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Harmonic Balance Method ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Force Model ◽  
Blade Vibration ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Contact Kinematics ◽  
Stiffness And Damping

Friction dampers are often used in turbine design to attenuate blade vibration to acceptable levels so as to prolong blades’ service life. A wedge damper, also called a self-centering, blade-to-blade damper, can provide more design flexibility to meet various needs in different operating conditions when compared with conventional platform dampers. However, direct coupling of the two inclined friction interfaces of the wedge damper often leads to very complex contact kinematics. In Part I of this two-part paper, a dual-interface friction force model is proposed to investigate the coupling contact kinematics. The key issue of the model formulation is to derive analytical criteria for the stick-slip transitions that can be used to precisely simulate the complex stick-slip motion and, thus, the induced friction force as well. When considering cyclic loading, the induced periodic friction forces can be obtained to determine the effective stiffness and damping of the interfaces over a cycle of motion. In Part II of this paper, the estimated stiffness and damping are then incorporated with the harmonic balance method to predict the forced response of a blade constrained by wedge dampers.

Analysis of time-varying friction excitations in helical gears with refined general formulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 229 (13) ◽  
pp. 2467-2483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanjun Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Sliding Friction ◽  
Helix Angle ◽  
Universal Method ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Contact Ratio ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Helical Gears ◽  
Face Width

Time-varying sliding friction force and friction torque are regarded as non-negligible excitation sources of vibration and noise in gears. The sliding friction force primarily excites the motion along the off-line-of-action direction, which transmits vibration to the housing through shafts and bearings and then radiates noise. Since the contact line intersects with the pitch line, and the directions of the friction forces are opposite on both sides of the pitch line, the calculation of the friction excitations in helical gears becomes more difficult, especially in the high contact ratio helical gears. However, there is no universal method for calculating the friction excitations in helical gears with different range of contact ratio. The changes of friction excitations in helical gears are highly dependent on the geometric parameters such as helix angle and face width among others. Yet, there exist very limited studies on these topics. In this study, a refined general formulation for the calculation of time-varying contact line and friction excitations is proposed by assuming uniform load distribution along the contact lines with time-varying normal force and friction coefficient. Key gear parameters such as modification coefficient, helix angle, and face width are analyzed to illustrate their effects on the time-varying contact line and friction excitations. The results demonstrate that the refined general formulation is effective for the calculation of the friction excitations in helical gears with different range of contact ratio, and the parametric analysis could supply some guidance for choosing gear parameters in the design of helical gears to reduce the friction excitations.

scholarly journals Characterization of Contact Kinematics and Application to the Design of Wedge Dampers in Turbomachinery Blading: Part I — Stick-Slip Contact Kinematics

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Yang ◽  
C. H. Menq
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Harmonic Balance Method ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Force Model ◽  
Blade Vibration ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Contact Kinematics ◽  
Stiffness And Damping

Friction dampers are often used in turbine design to attenuate blade vibration to acceptable levels so as to prolong blades’ service life. A wedge damper, also called a self-centering blade-to-blade damper, can provide more design flexibility to meet various needs in different operating conditions when compared with conventional platform dampers. However, direct coupling of the two inclined friction interfaces of the wedge damper often leads to very complex contact kinematics. In Part I of this two-part paper, a dual-interface friction force model is proposed to investigate the coupling contact kinematics. The key issue of the model formulation is to derive analytical criteria for the stick-slip transitions that can be used to precisely simulate the complex stick-slip motion and, thus, the induced friction force as well. When considering cyclic loading, the induced periodic friction forces can be obtained to determine the effective stiffness and damping of the interfaces over a cycle of motion. In Part II of this paper, the estimated stiffness and damping are then incorporated with the harmonic balance method to predict the forced response of a blade constrained by wedge dampers.

scholarly journals Effect of Axial Vibration on Sliding Frictional Force between Shale and 45 Steel

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Hao ◽  
Chen Ping ◽  
Liu Yang ◽  
Ma Tianshou
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Friction Force ◽  
Sliding Friction ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Drill String ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Vibration Velocity ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Axial Vibration ◽  
Friction Reducing

Activating drill string vibration is an effective means to mitigate the excessive drag encountered during drilling complex-structure wells. However, the Coulomb model cannot describe the sliding friction behavior between drill string and borehole rock with imposed axial vibrations. To solve this problem, a specially designed experimental setup was utilized to investigate the characteristics of axial vibrating-sliding coupling friction. The results indicate that when vibration velocity is greater than sliding velocity, axial vibration can significantly reduce friction force between contact surfaces. Its friction reduction mechanism embodies not only the changes of instantaneous friction force, but also friction coefficient. Meanwhile, a friction coupling model was established based on the Hertz contact theory and Dahl model. The corresponding computational program was developed in Matlab/Simulink environment. The calculation results are in good agreement with the experimental results, verifying the validity of the present method. Furthermore, to overcome the shortcoming of Dahl model, a dynamic friction coefficient model was proposed to evaluate the friction-reducing effect of axial vibration using dimensional analysis method. The model parameters under different lubrication conditions were retrieved through inverse calculation with experimental data. This method provides a new solution for evaluating the friction-reducing effect of hydraulic oscillator and optimizing its placement.

scholarly journals Highly Selective Biomimetic Flexible Tactile Sensor for Neuroprosthetics

Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Li ◽  
Zhiguang Cao ◽  
Tie Li ◽  
Fuqin Sun ◽  
Yuanyuan Bai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Sliding Friction ◽  
Dielectric Material ◽  
Silver Nanowires ◽  
Static Friction ◽  
Tactile Sensor ◽  
Capacitive Sensor ◽  
Silver Nanowire ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Signal Encoding

Biomimetic flexible tactile sensors endow prosthetics with the ability to manipulate objects, similar to human hands. However, it is still a great challenge to selectively respond to static and sliding friction forces, which is crucial tactile information relevant to the perception of weight and slippage during grasps. Here, inspired by the structure of fingerprints and the selective response of Ruffini endings to friction forces, we developed a biomimetic flexible capacitive sensor to selectively detect static and sliding friction forces. The sensor is designed as a novel plane-parallel capacitor, in which silver nanowire–3D polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) electrodes are placed in a spiral configuration and set perpendicular to the substrate. Silver nanowires are uniformly distributed on the surfaces of 3D polydimethylsiloxane microcolumns, and silicon rubber (Ecoflex®) acts as the dielectric material. The capacitance of the sensor remains nearly constant under different applied normal forces but increases with the static friction force and decreases when sliding occurs. Furthermore, aiming at the slippage perception of neuroprosthetics, a custom-designed signal encoding circuit was designed to transform the capacitance signal into a bionic pulsed signal modulated by the applied sliding friction force. Test results demonstrate the great potential of the novel biomimetic flexible sensors with directional and dynamic sensitivity of haptic force for smart neuroprosthetics.

scholarly journals Влияние адгезии на трение качения и скольжения: эксперимент

2022 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Я.А. Ляшенко ◽  
В.Л. Попов
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Sliding Friction ◽  
Rolling Friction ◽  
Tangential Component ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Friction Mode ◽  
Cylindrical Steel ◽  
Good Coincidence ◽  
Chalk Dust

Normal and tangential contact between a cylindrical steel indenter (wheel) and an elastomer with high adhesive properties is investigated. In the case of indentation in the normal direction, a computer simulation of the process of indentation and detachment was carried out, which shows good coincidence with an experiment. For the rolling friction mode, when analyzing the measured dependences of the tangential component of the contact force on the wheel displacement, the adhesive component of the friction force was determined. The situation of sliding friction, in which the rotation of the wheel was impossible, is considered. In the presence of adhesion, the sliding friction force is proportional to the contact area. In the absence of adhesion (the elastomer is covered with a chalk dust), a stick-slip friction mode is realized. The frequency and amplitude of stick-slip transitions depend on the indentation depth of the indenter into the elastomer.

Wear Reduction Through Piezoelectrically-Assisted Ultrasonic Lubrication

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Dong ◽  
Marcelo J. Dapino
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Vibration ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Friction Reduction ◽  
Piezo Actuator ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Pin On Disc ◽  
Wear Reduction ◽  
Ultrasonic Lubrication

Ultrasonic vibration has been proven effective in reducing dynamic friction when superimposed onto the macroscopic relative velocity between two surfaces. This phenomenon is often referred to as ultrasonic lubrication. Piezoelectric materials can be employed to generate ultrasonic vibration. Typically, solid or fluid lubricants are employed to mitigate wear. However, in applications such as aerospace systems, which operate in particularly harsh environments, traditional lubrication methods are not always applicable. This paper investigates the relationship between friction force reduction and wear reduction in ultrasonically lubricated surfaces. A pin-on-disc tribometer is modified through the addition of a piezoelectric transducer which vibrates the contact between pin and disc. A piezo-actuator is installed to generate 22 kHz vibration in the direction perpendicular to the disc. Three different linear speeds are employed by changing rotation speeds of the disc and running time. Friction and wear metrics such as volume loss, surface roughness, friction forces and stick-slip effects are compared before and after application of ultrasonic vibration. Relationships between linear speed and friction reduction, stick-slip reduction, and wear reduction are analyzed.

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