TY - JOUR A1 - Woydt, Mathias T1 - Polyalkylene glycols as next generation engine oils JF - Journal of ASTM International N2 - Some of the properties intrinsically present in the backbone of polyalkylene glycols (PAGs), which have nowadays attracted the automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), are presented, such as bio-no-tox properties, heat capacity, extended drains, low friction, low AlSi-liner wear, fuel economy, and very high viscosity indices, and are achieved with metal-, ash-, and polymer-free formulations, which guarantee no adverse contamination of the lambda sensor and the active centers of the catalyzer as well as not to increase the exhaust back pressure of the particulate filter through ash deposits. This paper illuminates the latest results from OEM's engine bench and road testing supporting the following functional benefits: (a) bio-no-tox, (b) improvements of fuel economy, even when compared with latest hydrocarbon-based prototype oils, (c) reduced wear, (d) reduced engine friction, (e) extended drains, (f) suited for bio-fuels, (g) no adverse effects on after-treatment devices through ash-, metal-, and polymer-free formulations, etc. KW - Bio-no-tox KW - Heat capacity KW - Fuel economy KW - Drain KW - Polyglycol KW - Polypropylene glycol KW - Polyalkylene glycol KW - Polybutylene glycol KW - BAM test KW - AlSi-liner wear KW - DLC KW - SRV KW - Slip-rolling KW - Stribeck curve PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1520/JAI103368 SN - 1546-962X VL - 8 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - American Society for Testing and Materials CY - West Conshohocken, Pa. AN - OPUS4-24092 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Wäsche, Rolf T1 - The history of the Stribeck curve and ball bearing steels: The role of Adolf Martens JF - Wear N2 - The historical development on the discoveries of lubrication regimes for lubricated sliding contacts has been reviewed from the very beginning. It was found that the functional relationship between the coefficient of friction and the product of sliding speed and viscosity divided by the normal load well known as the Stribeck curve has been experimentally explored much earlier by Adolf Martens in 1888 long before Richard Stribeck did his pioneering measurements in 1902. However, basic work in this field of experimental hydrodynamics was done and results were published even earlier than that back in 1854 by Gustave A. Hirn, in 1879 by Robert H. Thurston and in 1883 by Beauchamp Tower. KW - Stribeck curve KW - Martens KW - Stribeck KW - Thurston KW - Gümbel KW - Hirn PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2010.02.015 SN - 0043-1648 VL - 268 IS - 11-12 SP - 1542 EP - 1546 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-21180 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -