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Debris effect on the surface wear and damage evolution of counterpart materials subjected to contact sliding

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This paper aims to explore the debris effect on surface wear and damage evolution of counterpart materials during contact sliding. A cylinder-on-flat testing configuration is used to investigate the wear behaviours of the contact pair. To explore the roles of wear debris, compressed air is applied to remove the debris in sliding zones. The comparative study demonstrates that the influence of debris removal is related to the surface properties of contact pairs. When substantial wear debris accumulates on the tool surface, debris removal can considerably alter surface damage evolution, resulting in different friction transitions, distinct surface morphology of contact pair, as well as different rates of material removal. It has been found that the surface damage evolution will not reach a stable stage unless the increase of wear particle number ceases or the average size of wear particles becomes lower than a specific threshold. However, the influence of debris removal reduces when the adhesion between the contact pair materials gets smaller.

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This research was supported by the Baosteel Australia Research and Development Centre (BAJC) portfolio (Grant No. BA17001), the ARC Hub for Computational Particle Technology (Grant No. IH140100035), the Chinese Guangdong Specific Discipline Project (Grant No. 2020ZDZX2006), and the Shenzhen Key Laboratory Project of Cross-Scale Manufacturing Mechanics (Grant No. ZDSYS20200810171201007). The first author is financially supported by China CSC and UNSW joint scholarships.

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  1. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Wei Li, Chu-Han Wu & Yan Wang

  2. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cross-Scale Manufacturing Mechanics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    Liang-Chi Zhang

  3. SUSTech Institute for Manufacturing Innovation, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    Liang-Chi Zhang

  4. Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    Liang-Chi Zhang

  5. Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, Shanghai, 200941, People’s Republic of China

    Zhen-Xiang Cui & Chao Niu

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Li, W., Zhang, LC., Wu, CH. et al. Debris effect on the surface wear and damage evolution of counterpart materials subjected to contact sliding. Adv. Manuf. 10, 72–86 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40436-021-00377-8

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