A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical Coupling

The friction performance of tread rubber is related to the safety of the vehicle during driving, especially in terms of shifting speeds, cornering, and changing environmental factors. The experimental design used in this paper employed a self-developed automatic multi-working-condition friction test...

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Main Authors: Junyu Liu, Meng Wang, Haishan Yin
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
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description The friction performance of tread rubber is related to the safety of the vehicle during driving, especially in terms of shifting speeds, cornering, and changing environmental factors. The experimental design used in this paper employed a self-developed automatic multi-working-condition friction tester to investigate the correlation between the friction coefficient of three tread formulations and various factors, including speed, pressure, temperature, side deflection angle, and lateral camber. This experimental study demonstrates that the coefficient of friction decreases with increasing load and increases with increasing sliding velocities due to changes in adhesion friction. Due to the increasing and decreasing changes in rubber adhesion and hysteresis friction caused by temperature, the coefficient of friction shows a tendency to increase and then decrease with the increase in temperature; thus, temperature has an important effect on the coefficient of friction. Based on the basic theory of friction and experimental research, the Dorsch friction model was modified in terms of temperature, and the analytical relationship between the rubber friction coefficient and the combined variables of contact pressure, slip velocity, and temperature was established, which is more in line with the actual situation of rubber friction. The model predictions were compared with the experimental results, and the error accuracy was controlled within 5%. This verifies the accuracy of the model and provides a theoretical basis for the study of rubber friction.
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spelling doaj.art-b2bf3bfe209549bab891730cf84ea42a2024-03-12T16:53:22ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602024-02-0116559610.3390/polym16050596A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical CouplingJunyu Liu0Meng Wang1Haishan Yin2National Engineering Laboratory of Tire Advanced Equipment and Key Materials, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, ChinaNational Engineering Laboratory of Tire Advanced Equipment and Key Materials, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, ChinaNational Engineering Laboratory of Tire Advanced Equipment and Key Materials, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, ChinaThe friction performance of tread rubber is related to the safety of the vehicle during driving, especially in terms of shifting speeds, cornering, and changing environmental factors. The experimental design used in this paper employed a self-developed automatic multi-working-condition friction tester to investigate the correlation between the friction coefficient of three tread formulations and various factors, including speed, pressure, temperature, side deflection angle, and lateral camber. This experimental study demonstrates that the coefficient of friction decreases with increasing load and increases with increasing sliding velocities due to changes in adhesion friction. Due to the increasing and decreasing changes in rubber adhesion and hysteresis friction caused by temperature, the coefficient of friction shows a tendency to increase and then decrease with the increase in temperature; thus, temperature has an important effect on the coefficient of friction. Based on the basic theory of friction and experimental research, the Dorsch friction model was modified in terms of temperature, and the analytical relationship between the rubber friction coefficient and the combined variables of contact pressure, slip velocity, and temperature was established, which is more in line with the actual situation of rubber friction. The model predictions were compared with the experimental results, and the error accuracy was controlled within 5%. This verifies the accuracy of the model and provides a theoretical basis for the study of rubber friction.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/16/5/596friction modelthermo-mechanical couplingtire rubberrubber friction
spellingShingle Junyu Liu
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A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical Coupling
Polymers
friction model
thermo-mechanical coupling
tire rubber
rubber friction
title A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical Coupling
title_full A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical Coupling
title_fullStr A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical Coupling
title_full_unstemmed A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical Coupling
title_short A Study of the Friction Characteristics of Rubber Thermo-Mechanical Coupling
title_sort study of the friction characteristics of rubber thermo mechanical coupling
topic friction model
thermo-mechanical coupling
tire rubber
rubber friction
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/16/5/596
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