Publication detail

The effect of top of rail lubricant composition on adhesion and rheological behaviour

KVARDA, D. SKURKA, Š. GALAS, R. OMASTA, M. SHI, L. DING, H. WANG, W. KŘUPKA, I. HARTL, M.

English title

The effect of top of rail lubricant composition on adhesion and rheological behaviour

Type

WoS Article

Language

en

Original abstract

The effect of top of rail lubricant composition on adhesion has been investigated using a laboratory ball-on-disc tribometer. Rheological properties were analysed using viscosimeter and high pressure torsion device. As a base medium, a biodegradable ester oil with bentonite thickener was selected. Added particles for friction modification were aluminium oxide, zinc oxide, copper sulfide and solid lubricants molybdenum disulfide and graphite. The effect of these components in the base medium on adhesion was evaluated. It was found that the most dominant component was the solid particles for friction modification. Based on the results, top of rail lubricant substances were prepared and tested. The best performing substances provided the optimal level of adhesion. These substances also showed resilience to overdosing, which caused commercial products to provide very low adhesion conditions. The rheological investigation confirmed the very low adhesion is controlled by elastohydrodynamic regime while the stable values are a result of transition to boundary lubrication.

Keywords in English

Coefficient of adhesion; Top of rail lubrication; Wheel-rail tribology; Rheology; Numerical model

Released

2022-01-23

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Nizozemsko

ISSN

2215-0986

Journal

Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal

Volume

35

Number

1

Pages from–to

101100–101108

Pages count

9

BIBTEX


@article{BUT176840,
  author="Daniel {Kvarda} and Šimon {Skurka} and Radovan {Galas} and Milan {Omasta} and Lu-bing {Shi} and Haohao {Ding} and Wenjian {Wang} and Ivan {Křupka} and Martin {Hartl}",
  title="The effect of top of rail lubricant composition on adhesion and rheological behaviour",
  journal="Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal",
  year="2022",
  volume="35",
  number="1",
  pages="101100--101108",
  doi="10.1016/j.jestch.2022.101100",
  issn="2215-0986",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098622000088"
}