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| Author(s): |
Cristian Camilo Viáfara Arango
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2010-07-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Amilton Sinatora;
Eduardo Albertin;
Geralda Cristina Durães de Godoy;
José Daniel Biasoli de Mello;
Roberto Martins de Souza
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| Advisor: | Amilton Sinatora |
| Abstract | |
This work presents an analysis of the phenomenon of the sliding wear regime transition of steels. This analysis was made using the thermodynamic approaches of wear and studying topics such as the surface temperature, the role of wear debris removal and the evolution of worn surfaces properties during the wear tests. Sliding wear tests of AISI 4140 steel pins on AISI H13 steel disks were performed. Two levels of pin hardness and three levels of disk hardness for each condition of the pins were used. A normal load of 35 N, a sliding velocity of 0.1 m/s and a sliding time of 3600 s were applied. Tests interrupted at lower sliding times smaller than 3600 s were run to assess the worn surfaces state during tests. Tests with wear debris removal were executed to analyze its role on the wear regimes operation. The variation of the friction force and the pin subsurface temperature was monitored during tests. The characterization of materials before and after tests was performed by observation in stereoscopic and scanning electron microscopy, and by measurements of mass loss, hardness, microhardness and surface roughness. The results showed that the operation of mild and severe wear regimes was in_uenced by the initial hardness of materials. At the high pin hardness condition (run a), a decrease in disk hardness promoted the severe wear regime operation prior to the action of a mild wear regime (conditions a2 and a3). At the low pin hardness (run b) a severe wear regime, which resulted in the wear regime transition from mild to severe (conditions b2 and b1), was observed with the increase in disk hardness. Tests with removal of wear particles showed that the third body contributed with approximately 50% of the friction force, but seems to have no in_uence on the wear regimes operation. The characterization of worn surfaces suggested that the oxidation during mild wear regime was not caused by the dissipated heat by friction, and high contact temperatures, but by the mechanical behavior of the sliding bodies. The results indicate that the wear regime transition caused a change in the nature of deformation at the contacting surfaces. A predominantly elastic and plastic contact resulted in the action of mild and severe wear regime, respectively. (AU) | |