Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4985877 | Tribology International | 2017 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
Experiments of polyimide/UHMWPE composites sliding against tin-bronze counterfaces under seawater condition have been conducted with a pin-on-disk configuration in this study, aiming at developing matched materials for the bushing of seawater lubricated bearing. As the results, the friction efficient of composite/bronze sliding pairs decreases with the increase in polyimide proportion; however, the wear rate and optimum surface roughness of polyimide/UHMWPE composites firstly decrease and then increase. Mesoscale simulation results show that phase segregation has important effects on wear mechanism. The composite with 50Â wt.% polyimide has the lowest wear rate and optimum surface roughness.
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Authors
Song Chen, Jian Li, Lei Wei, Yongliang Jin, Hongfei Shang, Meng Hua, Haitao Duan,