A Comparative Study on the Brass-Steel Tribo-Pair under Dry and Lubricated Sliding Conditions

Abstract:

The wearing of bush made of brass in various applications is a cause for major concern. This study aims to analysing the various causes, mechanisms, environmental effects that influence the wearing and reduction in efficiency of the brass-steel sliding pair. The anti-friction and anti-wear properties are analysed under various conditions using a multitude of approaches. The particulate size of the dispersed lubricant (graphite and nanographite) and the temperature under which the experiment is being conducted is directly responsible for the sliding and wear properties of the brass specimen. The current studies and observations involved the use of a pin on disc apparatus, where the test specimen as the pin and slid against the steel plate (EN-31) at various speeds, loads, levels of lubrication and temperatures. The depth of wear under the different loading and sliding speeds are determined individually by means of an LVDT measurement.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 852)
• Pages: 416-421
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.852.416
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: K. Rajkumar, Saigopal Vasudevan, N. Subbiah
• Keywords: Brass, Coefficient of Friction, Graphite, Wear

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