Abstract:
Abstract: Wet clutch of heavy tractor is an important executive component of power shift gearbox. The wear failure of the friction pair is one of the main reasons for the overall performance degradation of the transmission system. To reduce the huge resource and economic loss caused by it, a wear-resistant clutch friction plate was designed. In this paper, from the perspective of bionics, the big tree frog was used as the experimental research object, and the toe end was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The microstructure of the toad end of the tree frog is quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagonal, and the hexagonal structure is mostly. The structure is uniform in size and has a diameter of about 10 μm. The microstructures have a groove between the outlines and a groove width of about 1 μm. Studies have shown that the mucus secreted by the body surface of the tree frog circulates in the groove surrounding the hexagonal structure, enhancing its adhesion, which is the coefficient of friction, in a humid environment. Tree frogs exhibit strong adhesion and friction when in contact with slippery substrates. With these characteristics, the bionic friction linings can better meet the requirements of transmission motion and torque. The toad parameters of the tree frog were extracted, the surface structure of the friction lining was optimized, and the dense hexagonal groove division structure of the toad end of the tree frog was further highlighted and simplified. The oil sump structure on the surface of the wet clutch friction plate of the heavy tractor was similarly designed. Nine kinds of bionic samples were designed for the design idea and the samples were made by laser processing technology. The friction and wear tests were carried out on a micro-friction and wear tester, and the differences of friction and wear with different hexagonal diameters and different groove widths were studied. The test results showed that the bionic non-smooth structure has better wear resistance than the smooth structure, and the regular hexagon has a diameter of 12?mm. When the groove width is 1.5?mm, the wear amount is the lowest and the friction coefficient is relatively high. The combined shape diameter and groove width can minimize wear and improve the service life of the friction plate, thus achieving the requirement of improving the wear resistance of the clutch.