X-ray tomography;
Wear;
Debris bed;
Real area of contact;
FRETTING WEAR;
FINITE-ELEMENT;
CONTACT;
SURFACE;
DAMAGE;
TEMPERATURE;
SIMULATION;
RESISTANCE;
BEHAVIORS;
EVOLUTION;
D O I:
10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106355
中图分类号:
TH [机械、仪表工业];
学科分类号:
0802 ;
摘要:
Wear experiments using annular contacts were carried out to investigate the possibility of imaging wear scars and wear debris beds in-situ. Samples made of 6082T6 aluminium alloy were subjected to unidirectional wear under different conditions with the sample elements then locked in contact to preserve the end-of-wear condition. Post-wear 3D morphology was successfully imaged in-situ using X-ray tomography, with total depth of the wear scar, surface primary-profile roughness and real area of contact also obtained. This study is a proof-of-concept, illustrating the utility of tomography for studying wear, without the need to disassemble the contact or disturb the debris bed and serves as a starting point for a new approach to the investigation of wear phenomena.