On the running-in nature of metallic tribo-components: A review

MM Khonsari, S Ghatrehsamani, S Akbarzadeh - Wear, 2021 - Elsevier
Running-in plays an important role in the steady-state performance of mechanical elements.
It is a transient process involving a complex interaction between friction, lubrication …

Experimentally verified prediction of friction coefficient and wear rate during running-in dry contact

S Ghatrehsamani, S Akbarzadeh, MM Khonsari - Tribology International, 2022 - Elsevier
When pristine solid surfaces experience sliding contact, the surface roughness undergoes
various changes and deformations in a transient fashion giving rise to a nonlinear wear rate …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled evolution of piston asperity and cylinder bore contour of piston/cylinder pair in axial piston pump

LYU Fei, J Zhang, Z Shoujun, LI Kun, XU Bing… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The wear condition of the piston/cylinder pair is crucial to the performance and reliability of
the axial piston pump. The hard piston surface, the soft cylinder bore surface, and the …

A unified treatment of tribo-components degradation using thermodynamics framework: a review on adhesive wear

L Koottaparambil, MM Khonsari - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
An extensive survey of open literature reveals the need for a unifying approach for
characterizing the degradation of tribo-pairs. This paper focuses on recent efforts made …

Prediction of Wear in Start–Stop Systems Using Continuum Damage Mechanics

S Salehi, S Ghatrehsamani, S Akbarzadeh… - Tribology Letters, 2025 - Springer
A vehicle start–stop system automatically shuts down and restarts the internal combustion
engine to reduce the time the engine spends idling, thereby reducing fuel consumption and …

[HTML][HTML] Wear simulation in lubricated contacts considering wear-dependent surface topography changes

M Maier, M Pusterhofer, F Grün - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
Along with friction, wear in lubricated contacts is one of the most essential design criteria.
The use of low-viscosity lubricants, as well as changing operating conditions, may lead to …

Effect of loading pressure on tribological properties for valve plate pair during the running-in process

W Jiao, W Liu, Z Zhu, Y ** (Grad-CAM) in 1D convolutional neural network bridges experiments and …
Z Liu, X An, L Zhang, Y Sui, Z Xu, W Sun - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we propose a one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN) for
predicting wear rates using friction coefficient data. The model achieves high prediction …

Application of continuum damage mechanics to predict wear in systems subjected to variable loading

S Ghatrehsamani, S Akbarzadeh, MM Khonsari - Tribology Letters, 2021 - Springer
Archard law is widely used for predicting wear volume and the rate at which adhesive wear
occurs. While not explicitly stated, in processes that involve sequential loading, the Archard …