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Wear of ceramic particle-reinforced metal-matrix composites

Part II A model of adhesive wear

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Wear experiments have shown that when the applied normal stress exceeds a critical value, a transition occurs from the regime of mild wear to that of adhesive wear. As a result, the wear rate of particle-reinforced aluminium composites increases by a hundred-fold. Based on dislocation and delamination theories, a criterion is proposed for determining the critical transition load, and a quantitative model is developed for adhesive wear in a wear system of a steel disc sliding against aluminium matrix composite pins. Experimental results of four kinds of metal-matrix composites confirm the validity of the criterion and the model.

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  1. Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, 2006, Sydney, Australia

    Z. F. Zhang, L. C. Zhang & Y. W. Mai

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On leave at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.

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Zhang, Z.F., Zhang, L.C. & Mai, Y.W. Wear of ceramic particle-reinforced metal-matrix composites. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 30, 1967–1971 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353019

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