Measurement of Friction Coefficient on a Powder Layer and Fluid Dynamic Study

Major results 3: The friction coefficient

From slide run results displaying Phase B, the friction coefficients at Phase B are obtained from the observed deceleration (Fig. 9). The relation between the friction coefficient and basal pressure (ratio of mass of disk to basal area) is shown in Fig. 10. The friction coefficients of the slide without the powder layer are also shown together for comparison. However, data of a disks having small basal pressure (< 540 Pa) were excluded due to lack of a clear boundary between Phases B and C.

 Fig. 9. Range in which friction coefficient was obtained. 


Fig. 10.
Friction coefficient versus a basal pressure of the disk.
: on the flour layer
: without the flour layer

The friction coefficients without the flour layer are nearly constant and range from 0.35 to 0.4. On the other hand, friction coefficients for runs with the flour layer are not constant and have smaller values at Phase B (0.11 to 0.28). 


Measurement of Friction Coefficient on a Powder Layer and Fluid Dynamic Study