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Ken Mao
Researcher at University of Warwick
Publications - 34
Citations - 815
Ken Mao is an academic researcher from University of Warwick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Non-circular gear & Contact mechanics. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 33 publications receiving 569 citations. Previous affiliations of Ken Mao include University of Nottingham.
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Friction and wear behaviour of acetal and nylon gears
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive investigation of polymer gear (acetal and nylon) friction and wear behavior was presented. But the most interesting observation from the experimental work is the significant difference in wear behaviour when running acteal against nylon gears, especially the low wear rate when acetal is used as the driver gear.
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The wear and thermal mechanical contact behaviour of machine cut polymer gears
TL;DR: In this article, an extensive investigation of machine cut acetal gear wear and thermal mechanical contact behavior was carried out using a new and unique polymer gear test rig, which allowed the effect of misalignment on polymer gear engagement and the gear surface wear to be recorded continuously.
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The wear resistance improvement of fibre reinforced polymer composite gears
Ken Mao,Ken Mao,David Greenwood,Ramkumar Ramakrishnan,Vannessa Goodship,Chetan Shrouti,Derek G. Chetwynd,Paul Langlois +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the wear performance of non-reinforced POM (Polyoxymethylene) and 28% GFR (glass fibre reinforced POM) gear pairs was investigated.
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Polymer gear surface thermal wear and its performance prediction
TL;DR: In this paper, an approach for gear transition torque prediction based on the link between polymer gear wear rate and its surface temperature has been proposed and this method is related to test results under different operating speeds and gear geometries.
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A physical investigation of wear and thermal characteristics of 3D printed nylon spur gears
TL;DR: In this paper, the use of 3D printing to manufacture nylon polymer gears is evaluated and the results showed that Nylon 618 provided the best wear performance among the 5 different 3D printed materials tested.