Wear of polymers and composites / Ahmed Abdelbary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdelbary, Ahmed, author.

Series:

Woodhead Publishing in materials.

Woodhead Publishing in Materials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polymers.

Polymeric composites.

Mechanical wear.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the field of tribology, the wear behaviour of polymers and composite materials is considered a highly non-linear phenomenon.Wear of Polymers and Composites introduces fundamentals of polymers and composites tribology.

Contents:

Cover

Wear of Polymers and Composites

Copyright

Dedication

Table of contents

List of figures and tables

Figures

Tables

Preface

The organization of the book

Acknowledgments

Foreword

References

About the author

1 Polymer tribology

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Wear of polymers

1.3 Friction of polymers

1.4 Factors affecting friction and wear of polymers

1.5 Fluid lubrication

1.6 References

2 Sliding mechanics of polymers

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Formation of transfer film

2.3 Wear regimes

2.4 pv-limit

2.5 Asperity flash temperature

2.6 Thermal and chemical degradation

2.7 Generation of wear debris

2.8 Third-body effect

2.9 Surface and subsurface cracking

2.10 Effect of counterface defects

2.11 Role of fillers and reinforcements

2.12 References

3 Fatigue wear of unfi lled polymers

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Fatigue of polymers and its influence on wear

3.3 Wear under fluctuating load

3.4 Influence of surface defects on wear of polymers

3.5 Influence of applied load and contact pressure on wear

3.6 References

4 Wear of polymers in wet conditions

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Factors contributing in the lubricated wear of polymers

4.3 Water lubricated sliding wear behaviour of polyamide 66 against steel

4.4 References

5 Wear of internally lubricated polymers: silicone impregnated polyethylenes

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Externally and internally lubricated polymers

5.3 The use of silicones in lubrication

5.4 Experimental observations

5.5 Tribology of LDPE impregnated with silicone fluid

5.6 Friction and wear characteristics of UHMWPE impregnated with silicone fl uid

5.7 Effect of silicone fluid on the life of an artificial prosthesis

5.8 Summary

5.9 References

6 Wear of polymer composites

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Polymeric composite materials

6.3 Mechanisms of failure

6.4 Wear of continuous unidirectional fibre composites

6.5 Wear of short fibre reinforced composites

6.6 Wear of particulatefilled composites

6.7 Wear of hybrid composites

6.8 Wear of laminated fibre reinforced composites

6.9 References

7 Methodology of testing in wear

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Methods of testing wear

7.3 Design of a reciprocating sliding, fluctuating loaded tribometer

7.4 Procedures of polymer wear test

7.5 References

8 Prediction of wear in polymers and their composites

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Empirical wear models

8.3 Dimensional analysis

8.4 Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

8.5 Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)

8.6 References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

1-78242-178-5

1-78242-177-7

OCLC:

903955487