Marcus Björling

Biträdande professor
Luleå tekniska universitet

Forskningsämne: Maskinelement

Avdelning: Maskinelement

Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik

marcus.bjorling@ltu.se
0920-491281
E856 Luleå

Forskning

Jag blev antagen som doktorand i början på 2009 på Luleå Tekniska Universitet på avdelningen för maskinelement. Jag försvarade min avhandling Friction in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication i oktober 2014. Sedan dess har jag varit anställd på avdelningen som Postdoktor, Universitetslektor och numera biträdande professor för att utföra forskning och undervisning.

Syftet med min forskning är att få ökad insikt i de friktionsmekanismer som uppstår i smorda kontakter och därmed kunna stödja utvecklingen av nya miljövänliga smörjmedel och maskinkomponenter med högre verkningsgrad. Min forskning omfattar även ytbeläggningar för ökad verkningsgrad av maskinkomponenter. Nyligen har vi visat att man kan uppnå mycket låg friktion, under 0.01 i elastohydrodynamisk smörjning genom att kombinera diamantliknande (DLC) ytbeläggningar med det förnybara smörjmedlet glycerol.

Sedan 2011 har jag publicerat 27 vetenskapliga artiklar, 22 konferensbidrag och har ett H-Index på 13 i Google Scholar. En komplett förteckning på mina vetenskapliga artiklar finns längst ned på sidan.

Jag är för närvarande associate editor för tidskriften Proceedings of the IMechE Part J – Journal of Engineering Tribology och har varit gästeditor för Lubricants med en specialupplaga inom Elastohydrodynamic (EHD) Lubrication.

I filmen nedan pratar jag om Tribologi, min forskning, och hur vi tar hjälp av inspiration från naturen i forskningen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCMRRGgZdKQ

Jag finns även på:
Research Gate
ORCiD
Publons

Undervisning

Lärare i SIRIUS - Kreativ produktframtagning - 22.5 Högskolepoäng
Lärare i Avancerade maskinelement - 7,5 Högskolepoäng
Lärare i Bilens system 1 - 7.5 Högskolepoäng

CV (Updated February 2021)

Doctoral degree

Ph.D. in Machine elements, 04 October 2014. Friction in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication. Supervisor; Prof. Roland Larsson, Luleå University of Technology. Co-supervisor; Prof. Pär Marklund, Luleå University of Technology.

Previous Employments

October 2017 - July 2020: Senior Lecturer at the Division of Machine Elements, LTU.
October 2014 - October 2017: Post Doc at the Division of Machine Elements, LTU.
January 2009 - October 2014: Ph.D Student at the Division of Machine Elements, LTU.

Awards

2018 Award for research and Development in the field of material Science - Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)
2018 Award for Young Excellent Researcher - Royal Skyttean Society
2017 Top reviewers for Luleå University of Technology - Publons
2015 Inovative young reseacher award - Norrbotten Research Council
2013 Best Paper Award Surface Engineering Technical Committee for the Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers (STLE) for the paper The Influence of DLC Coating on EHL Friction Coefficient in Tribology Letters.

Supervision at present

PhD student Pontus Johansson (Co-supervisor) - New piston ring solution for Stirling engines
PhD student Jun Chen (Co-supervisor) - Multi-functional anti-icing polymer materials
PhD student Yuko Higashitani (Co-supervisor) - Cam traction
PhD student Jing Hua (Co-supervisor) - Friction control
PhD student Idiris Mehamud Aliyi (Co-Supervisor) - Tribo Electric Nano Generators as sensors

Supervision history

2021 - PhD thesis - Jonny Hansen - Elasto-hydrodynamic film formation in heavily loaded rolling-sliding contacts: Influence of surface topography on the transition between lubrication regimes
2020 - MSc thesis - Viktor Risberg - Optimization of hydraulic quick release couplings
2020 - MSc thesis - Emil Muhrman - Design of machine adaptor CR300-400
2020 - MSc thesis - Erik östensson - Optimization and protection of gear selector and testing of gear system
2019 - MSc thesis - Marko Tošić - Model of thermal EHL based on Navier-Stokes equations - Effects of asperities and extreme loads
2019 - MSc thesis - Frida Persson - Alternative Braking System for Tracked Vehicles
2019 - MSc thesis - Pontus Johansson - New piston ring solution for Stirling engines
2019 - BSc thesis - Joachim Jakobsson - Industrialisering av övervakningskoncept för DOC
2018 - MSc thesis - David Nordin - Design & Evaluation of carbon fibre bus body
2018 - MSc thesis - Emil Lantto - Integrated brake in hydraulic motor for winch applications
2018 - MSc thesis - Filip Larsson & Jonas Dalgren - Development of an on-demand front wheel drive for Scania trucks
2017 - MSc thesis - Jonathan Hägglund & Tony Häggström - Pneumatic turbocharger support system
2012 - MSc thesis - Jesper Berglund - Design of a power loss model for vehicle drivetrains
2011 - MSc thesis - Samuel Andersson & Patrik Nilsson - Development of a power-circulating test rig

Granted funding

Project leader

2020-11, 630 000 SEK, Kempe Foundation, Post-Doc grant, Characterisation of water based lubricants for electric vehicles (SMK-2043)
2019-10, 1890000 SEK, LTU lab Fund, grant for purchasing lab equipment (LTU-3300-2019)
2019-03, 1890000 SEK, Kempe Foundation, grant for purchasing lab equipment (JCK-1907)
2018-01 to 2021-12: 2800000 SEK, Swedish Research Council, Startup grant, Mechanisms for very low friction in lubricated contacts (2017-04914)
2017-01 to 2017-12: 150000 SEK, Bolidens foundation for research and education at LTU, Environmentally adapted lubricants for mining machinery (2016-00020)
2015-01 to 2018-05: 3000000 SEK, Norrbottens Research Council, Friction reduction in machine components by thermal insulation (NoFo14-210)

Co-applicant

2019-10 to 2022-09, 663972 EUR, Interreg Nord, Region Norrbotten, Ice Proof Arctic - Innovations for Ice and Snow Risk management (NYPS 20202472)
2019-10 to 2022-09, 1019646 SEK, Region Norrbotten, Ice Proof Arctic - Innovations for Ice and Snow Risk management
2018-11: 495000 SEK, Vinnova, A first step towards new self-powered vibration sensors (2018-04274)
2018-03: 1450000 SEK, LTU lab fund, grant for purchasing lab equipment (3956-2017)
2017-11: 1450000 SEK, Kempe Foundation, grant for purchasing lab equipment (SMK-1734)
2017-12 to 2021-10: 4200000 SEK, Swedish Energy Agency, Wear resistant multifunctional coatings for wind turbines in cold climates (2017008200)
2017-11 to 2020-12: 3800000 SEK, Swedish Energy Agency, New piston ring solution in stirling engines for electricity production from the sun (2017-004849)

Additional information

Invited speaker

"Friction in Elastohydrodynamically Lubricated Contacts - The influence of speed and slide to roll ratio". TriboDays, Trollhättan, Sweden, 2011
"On the effect of DLC coating on full film EHL friction",TriboDays, Luleå, Sweden, 2013.
"Inspiration from nature and future technological solutions", House of Science, Luleå, Sweden, 2016.

Expert reviewer

Professional reviewer for Czech Science Foundation
Peer-reviewer for 18 international journals

Editor of Scientific Journals

Associate Editor for the Proceedings of the IMechE Part J – Journal of Engineering Tribology (2019-)
Guest editor for Lubricants Special Issue entitled Elastohydrodynamic (EHD) Lubrication