Journal Article

·2003

Effects of boron oil fortifier on friction and pressure distribution in engine journal bearings

Hakan Kaleli̇ YTU , Ertuğrul Durak

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

Abstract

Additives are incorporated in engine oils to improve existing desirable properties of base stocks and to impart new specific properties required by modern engines. The additives include antioxidants, detergents, dispersants, corrosion and rust inhibitors, viscosity index improvers, pour point depressants, foam inhibitors and tribological agents. In this study, the effect of boron oil fortifier added into the base oil on friction coefficient and pressure distribution was investigated between sliding surfaces of engine journal bearings. Experiments were performed firstly using only base oil at different speeds and loads. Then, this test was repeated with different concentration ratio of 1, 3, 5 and 10 percent commercial boron additive.

Keywords

Viscosity index Dispersant Tribology Boron Materials science Pour point Base oil Base (topology) Viscosity Friction coefficient Rust (programming language) Composite material Petroleum engineering Metallurgy Chemical engineering Chemistry Organic chemistry Engineering Dispersion (optics) Computer science

Subject Areas

Lubricants and Their Additives ·Mechanical Engineering ·Physical Sciences
Tribology and Wear Analysis ·Mechanics of Materials ·Physical Sciences
Tribology and Lubrication Engineering ·Mechanical Engineering ·Physical Sciences

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