Investigation of Surface Topography at the End of Running-In Process

Abstract:

Running-in process is an important stage of whole wear process. The irrelevance of surface roughness before and after running-in puzzled the running-in research. However, this conclusion was based on surface roughness derived from the 2D surface profile which does not contain 3D information, and was therefore not complete. In this paper, running-in experiments were conducted to investigate the issue. The results showed that there is no equilibrium surface topography similar with equilibrium roughness at the end of running-in process.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 437)
• Pages: 564-567
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.437.564
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Geng Pei Zhang*, Xiao Jun Liu, Wen Long Lu, Xiang Qian Jiang
• Keywords: Running-In, Sliding Wear, Steel, Surface Topography

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