Wear condition of journal bearing was experimentally monitored with an On-Line Visual
Ferrograph (OLVF) system. The round bearing was made of 45# steel with babbitt alloy bushing and
the bearing journal was made of 45# steel. High stress of the water content of 0%,1%,3% in lubricant,
10 times of a normal load of 2200 N, and the rotating speeds at 500, 1000, 2000 rpm were adopted in
accelerated experiment. A quantitative index of particle coverage area (IPCA) together with wear
debris ferro-image was used to characterize wear degree and wear mechanisms. Three wear stages
with corresponding wear debris ferro-images were identified from IPCA variations characterized by
bathtub curve trend. The first one was running-in stage characterized by the highest wear debris
producing rate and higher large debris content. The second one was normal wear stage characterized
by the lowest wear debris producing rate and small normal debris. The final one was failure initiation
stage characterized by higher wear debris producing rate and higher large debris content. The
corresponding dominant wear mechanisms were micro-ploughing and micro–cutting induced by
rough initial surfaces in the running-in stage, local rub due to vibration in the normal stage, and
fatigue and abrasive wear in the failure initiation stage.
ZnO varistors are widely employed for overvoltage protections and surge absorptions due to their excellent nonlinear current–voltage characteristics originating from double Schottky barriers (DSBs). In most cases, they are operating under moderate ac voltages, while calculating the transient current responses of DSBs remains a challenge, impeding the development of condition assessments. In this paper, a transient conducting model for the DSB is proposed by quantifying the charge trapping processes of the interface states. The DSB is found to quickly reach a quasi-steady state, where the interfacial charge stabilizes with only small modulations at a relatively high level above the dc equilibrium value, even though the applied ac voltage varies in time and polarity. This is the result of efficient charge trapping and slow de-trapping by grain boundary interface states. For charge compensation under the time-varying voltage, the width of the two depletion regions of the DSB shows periodic changes. The proposed model is validated by a satisfying agreement between experimentally measured current responses and simulation results of ZnO varistors. The findings of this study provide a perspective on investigating the time-varying conducting systems and open avenues for condition assessments of nonlinear conducting devices.
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