STLE 2017 Extended Abstracts & Presentations

The technical program for the 2017 STLE Annual Meeting in Atlanta featured more than 500 presentations by researchers, practitioners and students working in the field of tribology and lubrication engineering. STLE has made an effort to encourage authors to submit summaries or "Extended Abstracts" of their papers. In some cases, authors have also provided PDF copies of their technical presentation slides. STLE 2017 papers listed below are available to download in the following technical categories. Additional papers will be posted, as they become available from authors that have granted STLE permission to post their materials after the meeting. Please be sure to bookmark this page to download available papers from STLE 2017.

Authors can still submit Extended Abstracts or copies of their slides to allow attendees to benefit from presentations that they might have missed or were unable to attend the meetng. For submission requirements, please click here or email materials to Karl Phipps at presentations@stle.org.

Biotribology

No papers submitted at this time.

Ceramics and Composites

Lubrication and Drag Reduce of Coiled Tubing in Hole Cleaning

Commercial Marketing Forum

FerroShieldTM HC: A New Product that Brings to You Superior Corrosion Inhibition and Peace of Mind for MWF
IRGALUBE® FE1 - Gain the Power to Save on Fuel
Lubricity Performance of ADM® Micro and Macro Emulsions of Vegetable Oils and their Derivatives on Aluminum and Steel Surfaces
Molykote® G-900x Series Greases for High Temperature Applications
New Developments with NA-LUBE®KR Alkylated Napthalenes

Condition Monitoring

Business Case for Routine Fresh Oil Analysis
Operating Conditions That Shorten Gas Engine Oil Life

Engine and Drivetrain

An Experimental Study of the Effects of Lubricants on Piston Ring Friction
Lube Oil Consumption (LOC) Measurement on Internal Combustion Engines

Environmentally Friendly Fluids

No papers submitted at this time.

Fluid Film Bearings

A Different Perspective of Synchronous Thermal Rotor Instability of Rotating Equipment (STIR)
Case Study on Resolving Oil Whirl Issues on Gas Compressor
Design of a Hydrostatic Symmetric-Pad Bearing with the Membrane-Type Restrictor
Development of a Design Environment for High-Speed Air-Bearing Spindles in Machine Tool Applications
Impact of Measurement Uncertainties on the Validation of Mixed Lubrication Simulation
Numerical Optimization of Surface Textures for Tilting Pad Thrust Bearings
Thermal, Elastic, and Inertia Effects in Water-Lubricated Tilting Pad Thrust Bearings in the High-Turbulence Operating Region
Two Magnetorheological Elastomer Devices for the Control of Aerostatic Thrust Bearing: Thru Regulating Air Flow or Surface Curvature

Gears

Deriving Energy Efficiency from Coal Mill Gear Box Lubricant
Effect of Tooth Profile Modification on Lubrication Performance of Spur Gear Pairs
Influences on the Wear Behavior of Grease Lubricated Gears Operated with Dip and Spray Lubrication
Influence of a DLC Coating on the Temperature and Friction in a Helical Tooth Flank Contact
New High Viscosity Basestock for Gear Applications

Grease

The Effect of Water Ingress on Environmentally Adapted Greases
Use of 3D Optical Profilometry to Differentiate Between Additive Chemistry

Lubrication Fundamentals

Analysis of the Elasto-Hyrodynamic Lubrication in Coated Finite Length Line Contacts
Base Oil and Antioxidant Selection: The Role of Secondary Antioxidants and Base Oil Sulfur Content
Effect of Urban Mode Vehicle Running Parameters on Engine Oil Properties
Thermal Oxidation Characteristic of Ester Oils Based on Raman Spectroscopy
Wall-Wetting Effects on the Tribological Performance of Cylinder Liner-Piston Ring in Diesel Engines

Materials Tribology

Effects of Blending Proportion on Tribological Properties of PI/UHMWPE Composites under Reciprocating Sliding Condition
Effects of Load and Humidity on Friction Fade-Out at DLC Films Slid by ZrO2 Pins in H2-N2 Gas Mixture Environment
Wear and Friction Behaviour of a Lubricated Thermoset-Pairing on a Ball-on-Three-Plates-Test
Wear in Polymer Composite with Solid Lubricants for Cage of Cryogenic Ball Bearing

Metalworking

Base Oil and Emulsifier Selection Principles Part II - A Metalworking Fluid Emulsion Stability Study
Hot Rolling Oil for Steel Plants - A Case Study
Neat Oil Solution Stability and Maximum Additive Loading - A Metalworking Fluid Stability Study
Optimizing Metalworking Fluid Performance with Primary and Tertiary Amines
Organo Silicates and Silanes as Corrosion/Stain Inhibitors in MWF

NanoAdditives Joint Session

No papers submitted at this time.

Nanotribology

No papers submitted at this time.

Non-Ferrous Metals

Roll Cooling in Novelis Aluminum Hot and Cold Rolling Mills
The Use of a Pilot Mill for Development of Lubricants for Aluminum Hot Rolling
Thermo-oxidatively Improved Environmental Friendly Base Oils

Power Generation

Dirt - A Lethal Diesel Fuel Contaminant
Mechanisms of Varnish Formation and Implications for the Use of Varnish-Removal Technology
New Management Approach for Turbine Oils
New PAG Turbine Oil That Enable Easy Management

Rolling Element Bearings

Capacitances and Lubricant Film Thicknesses of Grease and Oil Lubricated Bearings
Dynamic Simulation of the Interaction Between Raceway and Rib Contact of Cylindrical Roller Bearings
Experimental Study of Cage Imbalance and Wear in Deep Groove Ball Bearing Under Cryogenic Environments
FE Modeling of Carbide Assisted Cyclic Hardening in Bearing Steels During Rolling Contact Fatigue
Rolling Element Bearings - Roundtable Topics Discussion
Simulation Based Design of a High-Speed Tapered Roller Bearing

Seals 

Hydraulically Controlled Mechanical Seal for Reactor Coolant Pump
Investigation on High Temperature Steam Effect of Brush Seals for Steam Turbine
New Method for Estimating the Sealing Quality of Rotating Seals

Surface Engineering

Experimental Investigation of Surface Film Finish Time of Replicating Materials Microset 101 RT
Inhibitory Effect of the Sliding Surface Damage Due to the Discharge
Polymer Brushes for Silicon Nitride-Steel Contacts: A Colloidal Force Microscopy Study
Solution of Three-Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction in Multilayered Materials

Synthetics & Hydraulics

Alkylated Napthalenes for High Temperature Applications

Tribochemistry

Comparative Tribological Properties of Modified Magnesium Silicate Hydroxide and Serpentine Powder as Lubricant Additives
Influence of Morphologies of Synthetic Magnesium Silicate Hydroxide on Their Tribological Properties

Tribotesting

Effect of Running-In Conditions on Repeatability of Friction and Wear Testing Results
New Approach to Interpreting Seizure Tests on the Translatory Oscillation Tribometer (SRV®)
On the Load Dependence of the Friction Coefficient
The Tribology Laboratory: A Handy Environment for Failure Analysis?
The Use of Novel Specimen Designs in Reciprocating Line Contact Tests
Thermal Behavior and Cooling Conditions of Wet Multi-Plate Clutches in Modern Applications

Wear

Wind Turbine Tribology

Wind Turbine Gearbox Bearing Material Analysis to Study Crack Nucleation, Propagation, and Damage Mechanism