Automobile engines require lubrication to lessen the impact of friction due to the high levels
of wear and frictional heat generated by the sliding parts. Wear and friction will cause engine …

Graphene has attracted intensive attentions as a promising emerging lubricant and additive
in metal matrix composites for tribological applications. Graphene itself has strong …

The wear status of pantograph carbon strips has a crucial impact on the receiving quality of
high-speed trains, and accurate wear rate prediction is essential for timely maintenance and …

In order to study the influence of current on the temperature rise and wear mechanism of the
copper–graphite friction pair, the pin-disc current-carrying friction experiments were carried …

To investigate the effect of sliding speed and electrical current on the current-carrying friction
performance of carbon brushes with different hardnesses. In this paper, two carbon-graphite …

Graphene has attracted intensive attention as a new emerging lubricant and additive in
composite materials. By consolidating premade Cu@ graphene core/shell nanoparticle …

In this study, copper-graphite composites were prepared by powder sintering. The wear
resistance and electrical contact endurance of composites with different copper-graphite …

This work explores the dynamic laws of electrical contact resistance (ECR) signals
measured in the sliding current-carrying friction tests based on chaos theory. It is found that …

In conventional sliding electrical contacts (SECs), large critical current density (CCD)
requires a high ratio between actual and apparent contact area, while low friction and wear …

Unique reinforcement strategies are explored for the development of an advanced copper-
carbon composite. In this work, carbon nanotube-graphite (CNTs-Gr) hybrid-reinforced Cu …