Minimizing mechanical losses and friction in vehicle engines would have a great impact on reducing fuel consumption and exhaust emissions, to the benefit of environmental protection. With this scope, laser surface texturing (LST) with femtosecond pulses is an emerging technology, which consists of creating, by laser ablation, an array of high-density microdimples on the surface of a mechanical device. The microtexture decreases the effective contact area and, in case of lubricated contact, acts as oil reservoir and trap for wear debris, leading to an overall friction reduction. Depending on the lubrication regime and on the texture geometry, several mechanisms may concur to modify friction such as the local reduction of the shear stress, the generation of a hydrodynamic lift between the surfaces or the formation of eddy-like flows at the bottom of the dimple cavities. All these effects have been investigated by fabricating and characterizing several LST surfaces by femtosecond laser ablation with different features: partial/full texture, circular/elliptical dimples, variable diameters, and depths but equivalent areal density. More than 85% of friction reduction has been obtained from the circular dimple geometry, but the elliptical texture allows adjusting the friction coefficient by changing its orientation with respect to the sliding direction.

Femtosecond laser full and partial texturing of steel surfaces to reduce friction in lubricated contact / Ancona, A.; Carbone, Giuseppe; De Filippis, M.; Volpe, A.; Lugarà, P. M.. - In: ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES. - ISSN 2192-8576. - 3:5-6(2014), pp. 539-547. [10.1515/aot-2014-0045]

Femtosecond laser full and partial texturing of steel surfaces to reduce friction in lubricated contact

CARBONE, Giuseppe;Volpe, A.;
2014-01-01

Abstract

Minimizing mechanical losses and friction in vehicle engines would have a great impact on reducing fuel consumption and exhaust emissions, to the benefit of environmental protection. With this scope, laser surface texturing (LST) with femtosecond pulses is an emerging technology, which consists of creating, by laser ablation, an array of high-density microdimples on the surface of a mechanical device. The microtexture decreases the effective contact area and, in case of lubricated contact, acts as oil reservoir and trap for wear debris, leading to an overall friction reduction. Depending on the lubrication regime and on the texture geometry, several mechanisms may concur to modify friction such as the local reduction of the shear stress, the generation of a hydrodynamic lift between the surfaces or the formation of eddy-like flows at the bottom of the dimple cavities. All these effects have been investigated by fabricating and characterizing several LST surfaces by femtosecond laser ablation with different features: partial/full texture, circular/elliptical dimples, variable diameters, and depths but equivalent areal density. More than 85% of friction reduction has been obtained from the circular dimple geometry, but the elliptical texture allows adjusting the friction coefficient by changing its orientation with respect to the sliding direction.
2014
Femtosecond laser full and partial texturing of steel surfaces to reduce friction in lubricated contact / Ancona, A.; Carbone, Giuseppe; De Filippis, M.; Volpe, A.; Lugarà, P. M.. - In: ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES. - ISSN 2192-8576. - 3:5-6(2014), pp. 539-547. [10.1515/aot-2014-0045]
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