Tribological Properties of Carbon Fiber Epoxy Resin Composite and Polyimide Material at High and Low Temperatures

Abstract:

Carbon fiber epoxy resin composite and polyimide material are likely to be applied to pulley-guideway system of the new satellite antenna. Their tribological properties have effects on the motion characteristics of the pulley-guideway system. To master the tribological properties of carbon fiber epoxy resin composite and polyimide material, this paper carries out tests of tribological properties and wear behavior of carbon fiber epoxy resin composite and polyimide material at 130°C and 30°C. Carbon fiber epoxy resin composite is used as the grinding specimen and polyimide material is used as the counter-grinding specimen. Tribological properties of this material pairs is studied under diverse linear velocity and external loads. The results show that friction coefficient of this material pairs is stable under different conditions, especially at 30°C. Meanwhile, wear behavior of this material pairs is mainly affected by ploughing of surface roughness at low temperature, while by surface micro-spalling at high temperature.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 975)
• Pages: 153-158
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.975.153
• Online since: January 2020
• Authors: Yu Zhang*, Guo Ding Chen, Lin Wang
• Keywords: Carbon Fiber Epoxy Resin Composite, Polyimide Material, Tribological Properties, Wear Behavior

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