Tribological behavior of polymethyl methacrylate against different counter-bodies induced by torsional fretting wear

▶ Accomplish the research under a high-precision low-speed torsional fretting device. ▶ Indicate the damage characteristics of PMMA under torsional fretting under a large angular displacement scale. ▶ Disclose the difference of wear mechanisms, tribology behavior of PMMA against different counter-pa...

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Published in:Wear 2011-01, Vol.270 (3), p.230-240
Main Authors: Cai, Zhen-Bing, Gao, Shan-Shan, Zhu, Min-Hao, Lin, Xiu-Zhou, Liu, Juan, Yu, Hai-Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amplitudes
Applied sciences
Bearing steels
Chromium steels
Displacement
Exact sciences and technology
Fatigue wear
Fretting
Fretting wear
Friction, wear, lubrication
Machine components
Mechanical engineering. Machine design
Polymers
Polymethyl methacrylates
Slip
Three dimensional
Torsional fretting
Tribology
Wear
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Summary:▶ Accomplish the research under a high-precision low-speed torsional fretting device. ▶ Indicate the damage characteristics of PMMA under torsional fretting under a large angular displacement scale. ▶ Disclose the difference of wear mechanisms, tribology behavior of PMMA against different counter-pairs. A torsional wear and friction simulator with a ball on flat polymer was developed to analyze the tribological behavior of hip joints. Wear tests of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) against GCr15 (AISI 52100) steel and PMMA molecules (both with diameters of 40 mm) were conducted. Based on the analysis of frictional kinetics behaviors, and observations of three-dimensional (3D) profiles and SEM morphologies, the damage characteristics of PMMA were discussed in detail. With the increases of angular displacement amplitude, three types of torque/angular displacement amplitude ( T– θ) curves (i.e., linear, parallelogram, and elliptical loops) were observed during the process of torsional fretting wear. In each of these loops, PMMA ran in a partial slip regime (PSR), mixed slip regime (MSR), and gross slip regime (SR), respectively. Compared to the PMMA/PMMA (P/P) counter-pairs, the boundary of the fretting regime of PMMA/GCr15 (P/G) counter-pairs shifted toward the direction of lower angular displacement amplitudes. The wear mechanisms of P/G counter-pairs included fatigue wear, oxidative wear, and adhesive wear; however, only abrasive wear was found for the P/P counter-pairs.
ISSN:0043-1648
1873-2577
DOI:10.1016/j.wear.2010.10.063