Understanding the occurrence of a wavy wear track on elastomeric materials
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Author(s)
Khafidh, M
Setiyana, B
Jamari, J
Masen, MA
Schipper, DJ
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Elastomeric materials are used in daily applications, such as tires and conveyor belts. Sliding friction of elastomeric materials often produces a unique periodic wear pattern. In general, the periodic wear pattern has to be prevented because it generates surface instabilities and, as a result, vibration. Sliding contact between an elastomer and a rigid ball may cause the development of a periodic wear pattern like a wave on the elastomer surface, called a wavy wear track. The present study has investigated the occurrence of the wavy wear track on the elastomers under several operating conditions. The elastomers used were a Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) and Butadiene Rubber (BR) reinforced with two types of fillers, i.e., highly dispersible silica and short-cut aramid fiber. A pin-on-disc tribometer was used to study the wavy wear track of the materials under several operating conditions. An analytical model was used to predict the wave length of the wear pattern and to study the occurrence of the wavy wear track. The results show that the occurrence of the wavy wear track depends on the mechanical properties of the elastomer, the operating conditions (such as sliding velocity and force), the inertia mass of the counter surface frame and the circumferential length of the wear track. The analytical model is in good agreement with the experimental results.
Date Issued
2018-10-15
Date Acceptance
2018-07-19
Citation
Wear, 2018, 412-413, pp.23-29
ISSN
0043-1648
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
23
End Page
29
Journal / Book Title
Wear
Volume
412-413
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
0912 Materials Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-07-20