TY - GEN
T1 - Bismuth lubrication of rail-armature interface
AU - Hsieh, Peter
AU - Fine, Morris E.
AU - Wang, Jane
AU - Ghosh, Gautam
AU - Chung, Yip Wah
AU - Crawford, Mark
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Extreme operating conditions, as encountered in the sliding armature-rail interface in electromagnetic launchers, require novel lubrication schemes. Low melting-point metals may be effective in concurrently lowering the armature-rail electrical resistance and friction. Bismuth-coated armatures reduce rail wear while improving the efficiency over multiple launches. These metals may serve as liquid lubricants for other high-power sliding electrical contact applications.
AB - Extreme operating conditions, as encountered in the sliding armature-rail interface in electromagnetic launchers, require novel lubrication schemes. Low melting-point metals may be effective in concurrently lowering the armature-rail electrical resistance and friction. Bismuth-coated armatures reduce rail wear while improving the efficiency over multiple launches. These metals may serve as liquid lubricants for other high-power sliding electrical contact applications.
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U2 - 10.1115/IJTC2007-44300
DO - 10.1115/IJTC2007-44300
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:43449095425
SN - 0791848108
SN - 9780791848104
T3 - 2007 Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2007
SP - 1045
EP - 1046
BT - 2007 Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2007
T2 - 2007 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2007
Y2 - 22 October 2007 through 24 October 2007
ER -