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Effect of Porosity on the Friction Properties of Porous Polyimide Impregnated with Poly-α-Olefin in Different Lubrication Regimes

Tribology Letters volume 68, Article number: 102 (2020) Cite this article

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Porous polyimide materials (PPIs) having different porosity with a constant pore size were fabricated to further understand the effect of porosity on the friction properties in the boundary lubrication, mixed lubrication and elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) regime, respectively. The tribological behaviors of non-porous polyimide (PI0) immersed in poly-α-olefin oil bath and PPIs impregnated with poly-α-olefin were firstly compared, and the effects of load and porosity on the friction performances were investigated. Results show that as the speed increases, the PPIs impregnated with oil exhibit the same friction coefficient (COF) change trend as PI0 immersed in poly-α-olefin oil, which is consistent with the stribeck curve, but the COFs in whole velocity range are higher, and the EHL arrived at a higher speed. The EHL critical speed of PPIs impregnated with oil, as well as the COFs during whole lubricating regime are closely related to the load and the porosity of the material. It mainly depends on two opposite effects of porosity on the friction properties. On one hand, PPIs with higher porosity will release more oil from pores under compression to form a lubricating film, on the other hand, higher porosity will lead to higher contact pressure under the same load, and provide larger contact areas as a result of the increase in the elastic collapse area, which will aggravate the solid–solid direct rubbing and increase the COFs.

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The financial supports of CAS “Light of West China” program, Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2020417), and National Natural Science Foundation of China-Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China Aerospace Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Joint Fund (U1637205, U1737204), are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Science and Technology On Wear and Protection of Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, People’s Republic of China

    Chao Wang, Di Zhang, Qihua Wang, Hongwei Ruan & Tingmei Wang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Di Zhang & Hongwei Ruan

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Wang, C., Zhang, D., Wang, Q. et al. Effect of Porosity on the Friction Properties of Porous Polyimide Impregnated with Poly-α-Olefin in Different Lubrication Regimes. Tribol Lett 68, 102 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-020-01342-5

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Keywords

  • Porous polyimide
  • Porosity
  • Lubrication regimes
  • Friction properties