35 research outputs found
Effect of Configuration of Micro-/Nanoscale Structure on Sliding Surface on Molecular Gas-Film Lubrication
Abstract. Nakamori et al. found experimentally that the friction between a partly polished diamond coating and a metal surface was drastically reduced to zero as relative speed increased to a few m/s [Diamond Relat. Mater. 14, (2005), 2122]. It seems that diamond coating took off the counter surface because sliding was noiseless in their experiment. However, the mechanism of this phenomenon was unknown. In the previous work, we performed the numerical simulation of micro-/nanoscale gas flow between two sliding surfaces, i. e., the slider surface with microscale surface roughness like partly polished diamond coating and the flat counter surface. And then, we successfully reproduced lift force large enough to suspend the slider used in the experiment and found that this effect became notable only for micro-/nanoscale gas flow. In the present paper, we investigate the effect of configuration of micro-/nanoscale structure on sliding surface on molecular gas-film lubrication. Since micro-/nanoscale gas flows between two sliding surfaces cannot be treated as a continuum, we use the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method
Effect of Configuration of Micro-/Nanoscale Structure on Sliding Surface on Molecular Gas-Film Lubrication
Abstract. Nakamori et al. found experimentally that the friction between a partly polished diamond coating and a metal surface was drastically reduced to zero as relative speed increased to a few m/s [Diamond Relat. Mater. 14, (2005), 2122]. It seems that diamond coating took off the counter surface because sliding was noiseless in their experiment. However, the mechanism of this phenomenon was unknown. In the previous work, we performed the numerical simulation of micro-/nanoscale gas flow between two sliding surfaces, i. e., the slider surface with microscale surface roughness like partly polished diamond coating and the flat counter surface. And then, we successfully reproduced lift force large enough to suspend the slider used in the experiment and found that this effect became notable only for micro-/nanoscale gas flow. In the present paper, we investigate the effect of configuration of micro-/nanoscale structure on sliding surface on molecular gas-film lubrication. Since micro-/nanoscale gas flows between two sliding surfaces cannot be treated as a continuum, we use the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method
Development research of pitching machine controlling variable ball using neural network
金沢大学工学部It is vey difficult to change simultaneously the pitching speeds and the course in the usual used pitching machines of the arm type and the two rollers type. In this study, the pitching machines which is able to pitch exactly a base ball into various courses and speeds using the three rollers controlled independently the number of rotations, is developed. In the pitching machine, the layered neural network system in which the learning data use each course and speeds as input data and number of rotation of each roller as output data is used. This machine is one of the intelligent sport machine. In this paper, the system and its machanism are described
Rarefaction and Non-equilibrium Effects in Hypersonic Flows about Leading Edges of Small Bluntness
Abstract. A hypersonic flow about a cylindrically blunted thick plate at a zero angle of attack is numerically studied with the kinetic (DSMC) and continuum (Navier-Stokes equations) approaches. The Navier-Stokes equations with velocity slip and temperature jump boundary conditions correctly predict the flow fields and surface parameters for values of the Knudsen number (based on the radius of leading edge curvature) smaller than 0.1. The results of computations demonstrate significant effects of the entropy layer on the boundary layer characteristics