TY - JOUR A1 - Dmitriev, A. I. A1 - Ă–sterle, Werner A2 - Ă–sterle, Werner A2 - Zhang, G. T1 - The role of solid lubricants for brake friction materials T2 - Lubricants special issue "tribofilms and solid lubrication" N2 - This review article comprises of three parts. Firstly, reports of brake manufacturers on the beneficial impact of solid lubricants for pad formulations are surveyed. Secondly, since tribofilms were identified to play a crucial role in friction stabilization and wear reduction, the knowledge about tribofilm structures formed during automotive braking was reviewed comprehensively. Finally, a model for simulating the sliding behavior of tribofilms is suggested and a review on modelling efforts with different model structures related to real tribofilms will be presented. Although the variety of friction composites involved in commercial brake systems is very broad, striking similarities were observed in respect to tribofilm nanostructures. Thus a generalization of the tribofilm nanostructure is suggested and prerequisites for smooth sliding performance and minimal wear rates have been identified. A minimum of 13 vol.% of soft inclusions embedded in an iron oxide based tribofilm is crucial for obtaining the desired properties. As long as the solid lubricants or their reaction products are softer than magnetite, the main constituent of the tribofilm, the model predicts smooth sliding and a minimum of wear. PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland KW - Solid lubricant KW - Friction KW - Automotive braking KW - Tribofilm KW - Sliding simulation KW - MCA-modeling PY - 2016 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35597 AN - OPUS4-35597 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-355973 UR - www.mdpi.com/journal/lubricants SN - 2075-4442 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 5 EP - 26 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany