The friction coefficient evolution of a TiN coated contact during sliding wear

•The whole evolution process of friction coefficient under WC-6% Co ball was analysed.•Four different wear time points were illustrated and discussed.•For the first time, an interactive, mechanism-based friction model was developed.•The model predicts the evolution of friction coefficient and wear l...

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Published in:Applied surface science 2015-08, Vol.345, p.109-115
Main Authors: Ma, Guojia, Wang, Liliang, Gao, Haoxiang, Zhang, Jie, Reddyhoff, Tom
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bearing steels
Chromium steels
Coating
Contact
Evolution
Friction
Friction model
Interactive
Mathematical models
Sliding wear
Tin
TiN coating
Wear
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Summary:•The whole evolution process of friction coefficient under WC-6% Co ball was analysed.•Four different wear time points were illustrated and discussed.•For the first time, an interactive, mechanism-based friction model was developed.•The model predicts the evolution of friction coefficient and wear life of coatings. This paper discussed the friction coefficient evolution of a TiN coated contact during sliding wear. A hard TiN coating was prepared on a bearing steel (GCr15) substrate by applying the composite method of cathode arc and magnetron sputtering. The microstructure, microhardness, microscratch and tribological behaviour of this coating were studied to obtain the relationship between friction coefficient and other coating properties, meanwhile the full friction coefficient evolution curve with different stages during the wear process of TiN coating was shown. It was found that, coating friction and wear, as two interactive responses from a tribo-system, mutually affected each other and should be studied as a single physical phenomenon. Therefore, a novel friction-wear interactive friction model was developed to represent the evolution of friction coefficient and to predict coating breakdown. The results show that the evolution of the friction coefficient curve can reflect different stages of the wear process and the wear life can be estimated using the new friction model.
ISSN:0169-4332
1873-5584
DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.03.156