Coupling effects of bionic textures with composite solid lubricants to improve tribological properties of TC4 alloy

• Published in: Tribology international 2022-09, Vol.173, p.107691, Article 107691
• Main Authors: Qin, Shaoqian, Shi, Xiaoliang, Xue, Yawen, Zhang, Kaipeng, Huang, Qipeng, Wu, Chaohua, Ma, Jin, Shu, Jingping
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bionic textures; Composite solid lubricants; Coupling effect; TC4
• ISSN: 0301-679X; 1879-2464
• DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2022.107691

Inspired by shell surface structure, the surface textures were extracted by curve fitting method and the corresponding bionic wavy textures filled with SnAgCu-WS2 composite solid lubricants were prepared on the surface of TC4. The coupling effect of bionic wavy textures and SnAgCu-WS2 and the effect of variable reciprocating friction frequency on the tribological properties of TC4 were explored. The results show that bionic textures improve the precipitation efficiency of SnAgCu-WS2, and the sliding effect of WS2 promotes the spreading and repairing of composite solid lubricants in the wear track, thus improving the formation quality of the lubricating film and its adaptability to the change of reciprocating frequency. [Display omitted] •Bionic textures with lubricants were used to improve tribological performance of TC4.•Bionic wavy textures improve the precipitation efficiency of SnAgCu-WS2.•Sliding effect of WS2 promotes spreading and repairing of lubricants in wear track.•Coupling effects improve adaptability to the change of reciprocating frequency.•The average friction coefficient of TWs-SACW02 is reduced to 0.219 at 20 N and 1 Hz.