Papers by Keyword: Wear

Abstract: Silicon carbide ceramics with its excellent physical and mechanical properties have become the preferred material of space large diameter mirror. But because of its higher hardness, diamond wheel would appear some wear form and wear rate in the mechanical processing process, wear form is an important factor to effect surface and subsurface quality, wear rate effects the surface shape accuracy, so the research on the laws of wear rate of grinding wheel has an important role in grinding. But, because of the particularity of wheel structure, wheel wear form and wear rate changes with time going, which limits the wheel wear research. By the grinding process experiment, the author found the relationship between diamond grinding block wear rate and wheel feeding, and got the laws of wear rate with time. With the laws of wear rate, we can predict the surface accuracy and guide the compensation of wheel feeding.

Abstract: To study the friction and wear properties of S136/WC-Co friction pair, friction and wear tests in air jet, nitrogen jet and nitrogen cold plasma jet atmospheres are carried out. The morphology and composition of friction surface are analyzed by camera, scanning electron microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscope. The wear behaviors and mechanism of anti-wear of the three jets to S136 are also discussed. The experiment results prove that the reactive species in the nitrogen plasma jet contribute to the generation of oxidation film on the friction surface quickly to reduce the wear of S136/WC-Co friction pair in real-time.

Abstract: The effects of acrylamide modified liner on bonding properties and tribological properties of self-lubricating spherical plain bearings were explored by used of Instron5944 electronic universal testing machine and homemade spherical plain bearings friction and wear tester. The results showed that the bonding properties of bearings modified by acrylamide modified liner were much more improved than those of the unmodified bearings; Self-lubricating spherical plain bearing friction and wear properties and oscillating frequency obvious correlational dependence. With the increase of the oscillation frequency, the friction coefficient and the wear loss increased, while the friction temperature rose. The friction coefficient, wear loss and friction temperature of bearings modified were much more improved than those of the unmodified bearings. It showed that the liners after modification treatment can improve the tribological properties of self-lubricating spherical plain bearings.

Abstract: In order to investigate the cause of the typical bush rupture and wear damages in the journal bearing of the steam turbine generator set, the lubrication turbulence and thermo-hydrodynamic effects were studied. The generalized Reynolds equation, energy equation and heat conduction equations were solved with the finite difference method, and the pressure, temperature, thickness distribution of the oil film were obtained. Analysis results can be well explains the bearing bush burst in bearings maximum pressure place because of heavy load running. The bearing bush burst made friction intensified that caused oil temperature increasing and the viscosity reduce, which led to the rotor eccentricity increase, the minimum film thickness smaller and bearing static working point down, thus causing the wear damages until shutdown.

Abstract: Using 663-tin bronze, Ni, W, nanoAl₂O₃, MoS₂, graphite, CaF₂, and Ni coated graphite as the matrix alloy powder, in which copper-coated carbon fiber of 5%, 7%, 9%, 11% and 13% in volume fraction were added as the reinforcing phase, a novel type carbon fiber/copper-matrix self-lubricating composite materials was prepared by means of powder metallurgy. The results indicate that the mechanical properties of the composite materials are improved after adding copper-coated carbon fibers. The composite materials reach optimal overall mechanical performance under testing when the volume fraction of the added copper-coated carbon fibers is 11%.: with a hardness of 57.8 HV and a compressive strength of 222 MPa. The addition of carbon fiber also improved the friction and wear properties of the composite materials. Increasing the volume fraction of fiber, was found to increase the wear resistance and improve self-lubricating performance. A volume fraction of 11% gave a friction coefficient of 0.09 and abrasion loss of 4mg.

Abstract: Cu-based powder metallurgy friction materials were prepared by varying of Fe and C (% weight) in the friction components. The samples were compacted under the load of 24 metric tonnes and sintered at a temperature of 950 °C for 45 minutes. The friction and wear characteristics the materials developed were studied using Chase machine. The results show that Fe and C have different friction and wear characteristics. The friction coefficient of Cu-30%Fe-15%C sample maintained to be high and slightly increased after the drum temperature of 350°C and subsequently stable throughout tests. The friction of Cu-20%Fe-10%C stable until the drum temperature of 450°C and then its start to decay slightly until the end of the test. On the hand, the friction of Cu-10%Fe-5%C start to decay after sliding a few minutes at the drum temperature of 230°C. Thus, it could be postulated that the friction coefficient increased with increasing weight percentage of Fe and C in the friction components. However, the volume loss shows that there is no direct correlation with the Fe and C content. The volume loss of Cu-10%Fe-5%C was higher than the two samples which had the lowest hardness. On the hand, the volume loss of the Cu-30%Fe-15%C was slightly higher than Cu20%Fe-10%C as result of higher porosity and lower hardness. Wear mechanisms of abrasion, adhesion and thermal were observed to be operated during sliding process.

Abstract: This paper presents a comparative study upon tribological behavior of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and a blend of PBT + This paper presents a comparative study upon tribological behavior of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and a blend of PBT + 10% aramid fibers, in dry regime. Some of the properties of PBT grade CRASTIN 6130 NC010^®. The tested materials they were obtained by molding at ICEFS Savinesti Romania. The aramid fibers added into PBT were supplied by Teijin, and have an average length of 125 mm. Tests were done with the help of a block-on-ring tribotester. The tests parameters were: three normal forces (F = 5 N, F = 15 N and F = 30 N), three values of sliding speed (v = 0.25 m/s, v = 0.50 m/s and v = 0.75 m/s) and a sliding distance of L = 5000 m, in dry regime, each test characterized by (F, v, L) being done twice. The conclusion of this research was that adding short aramid fibers in PBT improves the wear resistance, but slightly increases the friction coefficient. Also, the recorded temperatures near the contact are higher for the blend with aramid fibers. SEM investigation revealed particular processes within superficial layers of polymeric blend.

Abstract: This paper presents a numerical model to calculate wear during rolling contact due to micro-slip. Having as initial condition a corrugated rail it is shown the influence of the corrugation wavelength and the dynamic effects of the normal force on the wear creation. Experimental results are presented in order to reveal the influence of roughness when studying the stick-slip phenomenon.

Abstract: The hip (coxofemoral) joint is built so as to provide, at the same time, maximum stability and mobility, and is characterized by a very low wear rate and very low frictional forces thanks to the very good natural lubrication. In time, due to various reasons such as aging, joint illnesses, bone tumors, arthritis, injuries, coxofemoral joints may lose their self-lubrication ability, causing pains that make movement almost impossible. The therapeutic solution for coxofemoral joint illnesses is hip implant arthroplasty. Medical implants replacing the bone segments of coxofemoral joints are subjected to mechanical stress during walking and daily activities, which leads to wear in the long run. In the (most frequent) case of a bipolar hip implant, consisting of a femoral stem and femoral head, the area most affected by wear is the hip implant coupling, which represents the connection between the sphere-shaped proximal end of the femoral stem and the femoral head’s ball groove. Typically, the spherical proximal end of the femoral stem is made of metallic biomaterials (titanium and titanium alloys, cobalt-based alloys, stainless steels) or ceramic biomaterials (alumina, zirconia), while the femoral head’s ball groove is made of polymeric biomaterials (high-density polyethylene), metallic biomaterials or ceramic biomaterials. In the hip implant’s coupling there takes place a sliding friction whose coefficient depends on the nature of the touching surfaces (metal on metal, metal on polyethylene, ceramic on polyethylene, ceramic on ceramic). The wear that occurs in the coupling is due especially to the particles of material detached from the surfaces coming into contact. A worn coupling should be replaced by a revision surgery that the patient must go through, since loose particles generate severe joint inflammation. The objective of this paper is: -to point out the wear degree of the components forming the friction coupling of a hip implant, by presenting images, as seen on a video microscope, of two implants retrieved from patients after revision surgery -to present a new structural option for the construction of a hip implant coupling, by introducing two ball cages that replace the femoral head’s ball groove, which reduces the contact surface and replaces sliding friction with rolling friction (with a lower friction coefficient), thus diminishing the wear on the implant coupling.

Abstract: Consequences of the wear processes at screws and barrels of injection machines and extruders for processing of plastics reinforced with short glass fibers, arise after a longer time (10,000 cycles). Because of this they are working that through appropriate modeling attempts on the profits to be obtained in a short time as much information relating to both the mechanisms of wear and its size, so that the effect can be easily confuted in practice. Starting from the idea that the greatest pressure and velocity of composite melted is in the die nozzle, was an experimental nozzle with wear samples of sizes and weights which can be measured with precision as good. For a larger accuracy of measurements, we used a method for radiometric measuring, extremely accurate. Different nitriding steels have been studied as nitriding treatments, as well as some special steels and alloyed steels. Besides these, there have been preliminary attempts made to describe and checking corrosive action of thermoplasts on metals. This was another way of checking the wear testing of the samples semi-cylindrical wear samples, which served to simulate the wear of the top layer of the barrel and screw. The first results showed that wear increases depending on the increased pressure. One of the findings is that in similar conditions of injection, with the same content of glass fiber, polyamide 6.6 produces a wear greater than polycarbonate. It was also found that increasing the concentration of glass fibres increase the surfaces wear of barrels and screws.