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Experimental investigation of friction noise on lubricated contact

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In order to remove friction noise, a lubricant is normally applied on the friction surface either after cleansing the contact surface or without any surface treatment. As the friction continues, the lubrication performance deteriorates and the friction noise can reoccur in the both cases, but the cause of friction noise may be different. This study originally investigates the mechanism of friction noise under a lubricant on either the clean or contaminated surface. During the friction noise test, the vibration and sound pressure, the changes in friction coefficient and the characteristics of the contact surfaces are measured for the two lubrication scenarios. Particularly, the surface image and chemical state on the contact area are measured by SEM/EDS analysis in sequence. The results show that friction noise under the lubrication on the clean surface is induced by the reduction of the lubricant causing the increase of friction coefficient. For the lubrication on the contaminated surface by wear debris, the lubricant is mixed and contaminated with wear debris, and then friction noise eventually occurs with the negative slope of the friction-velocity curve in the absence of the increase of friction coefficient.

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  1. Division of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, College of Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan-Si, Korea

    Jaehyeon Nam, Jongsu Baek, Hyuncheol Do & Jaeyoung Kang

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Jaehyun Nam recevied the B.S. and M.S. degrees in the Department of Mecahnical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Kongju National University and one of the members in Vibration Stability Lab. His research interests are the simulation and experiment of friction noise and disc brake squeal.

Jongsu Beak recevied the B.S. degree in the Department of Mecahnical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University. He is currently a M.S. candidate in Kongju National University and one of the members in Vibration Stability Lab. His research interest is the simulation and experiment of friction noise and disc vibrations.

Hyuncheol Do recevied the B.S. degree in the Department of Mecahnical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University in 2016. He is currently a M.S. candidate in Kongju National University and one of the members in Vibration Stability Lab. His research interests are the simulation and experiment of friction noise and disc vibrations.

Jaeyoung Kang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National Uinversity. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2008. His research interests include friction noise, structural vibration and nonlinear dynamics.

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Nam, J., Baek, J., Do, H. et al. Experimental investigation of friction noise on lubricated contact. J Mech Sci Technol 31, 5751–5760 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-017-1117-x

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