Effectiveness of friction force reduction in sliding motion depending on the frequency of longitudinal tangential vibrations, sliding velocity and normal pressure

The article presents the results of experimental research and simulation analyses of the influence of slip velocity, normal pressures and vibration frequency on the effectiveness of friction force reduction carried out in sliding motion in the presence of forced tangential vibrations. In experimental studies, changes in the driving force were measured during the slip of the upper body over the vibrating lower body. The direction of these vibrations was parallel both to the contact plane and to the direction of movement of the shifted body. The simulation tests were carried out in the Matlab/Simulink environment through the use of numerical procedures that were specially created for this purpose. Dynamic friction models considering the tangential compliance of contact and the phenomenon of pre-sliding displacement were used for calculations. The paper presents the designated values of the so-called coefficient of average friction force reduction in sliding motion for the following friction pairs: steel C45–steel C45, steel C45–cast iron GGG40 and steel C45–polytetrafluoroethy-lene PTFE (Teflon). The results of numerical analyses were in good agreement with those of experimental tests. A significant dependence of the level of average friction force reduction on the frequency of forced vibrations, sliding velocity as well as the kind of sliding pair material, and normal pressures was shown.