Investigation of Surface Treatments to Improve the Friction and Wear of Titanium Alloys for Diesel Engine Components

Blau, Peter J.¹  Cooley, Kevin M.¹  Kirkham, Melanie J.¹  Bansal, Dinesh G.² 

[1]Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

[2]Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN (United States)

关键词: TITANIUM ALLOYS;    TITANIUM;    FRICTION;    WEAR;    COATINGS titanium alloy;    titanium;    friction;    wear;    surface trreatment;    coatings;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1148409
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM--2012/506
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1148409

学科分类：航空航天科学

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This final report summarizes experimental and analytical work performed under an agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies, and UT-Battelle LLC. The project was directed by Jerry Gibbs, of the U.S. Department of Energy???s Propulsion Materials Program, with management by D. P. Stinton and J. A. Haynes of ORNL. Participants included Peter J. Blau (Principal Investigator), Kevin M. Cooley (senior technician), Melanie J. Kirkham (materials scientist) of the Materials Science and Technology Division or ORNL, and Dinesh G. Bansal, a post doctoral fellow employed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and who, at the time of this writing, is an engineer with Cummins, Inc. This report covers a three-year effort that involved two stages. In the first stage, and after a review of the literature and discussions with surface treatment experts, a series of candidate alloys and surface treatments for titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) was selected for initial screening. After pre-screening using an ASTM standard test method, the more promising surface treatments were tested in Phase 2 using a variable loading apparatus that was designed and built to simulate the changing load patterns in a typical connecting rod bearing. Information on load profiles from the literature was supplemented with the help of T.C. Chen and Howard Savage of Cummins, Inc. Considering the dynamic and evolving nature of materials technology, this report presents a snapshot of commercial and experimental bearing surface technologies for titanium alloys that were available during the period of this work. Undoubtedly, further improvements in surface engineering methods for titanium will evolve.