| Budget Amount *help |
¥18,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥8,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,860,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Understanding of the real situation of solid-liquid interface under sliding condition is quite important to clarify the tribology phenomena under lubrication. Particularly, though the soft molecular chains, called as 'boundary layers', are believed to form onto the top of low friction surfaces, their structures and physical properties are still unknown. From these backgrounds, the lubrication properties of boundary layers formed by additives in narrow clearance on sub-micrometer order were investigated in the study using a newly-developed plate-on-plate tribometer. The experimental results showed that the apparent viscosity of sample lubricant with additive decreased compared as that without additive. It indicated that the boundary layer formed by additive may induce the interfacial slip, thus resulting in decrease of apparent viscosity.
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