Wear of ceramic interfaces: Multiscale statistical simulation

► A multiscale wear model is applied to the sliding wear of engineering ceramics. ► A Monte Carlo simulation over 5 parameters of asperity interaction is employed. ► An asperity wear mapping based on numerical simulations is used. ► Multivariate asperity samples are extracted from profiles with a novel technique. ► The model results are compared to wear tests for Si3N4, WC-Co and ZrO2.