Abstract
The dry abrasive-dominant wear behaviour of several composite materials consisting of uni-directional continuous fibres and polymer matrices was investigated. Seven materials were examined: neat epoxy (3501-6), carbon fibre epoxy (AS4/3501-6), glass fibre/epoxy (E-glass/ 3501-6), aramid fibre/epoxy (K49/3501-6), neat polyetheretherketone (PEEK), carbon fibre/PEEK (APC2) and aramid fibre/PEEK (K49/PEEK). The wear behaviour of the materials was characterized by experimentally determining the friction coefficients and wear rates with a pin on-flat test apparatus. First, the effects of the operation variables apparent normal pressure, sliding velocity and apparent contact area were observed. The dimensionless wear rate increased linearly as the apparent normal pressure increased and decreased as the apparent contact area increased. Second, through microscopic observations of the worn surfaces and subsurface regions, basic wear mechanisms were identified as a function of fibre orientation. Observations of fibre-abrasive particle interactions allowed for the differentiation of the dominating wear mechanisms. Finally, a network of data was compiled on the wear behaviour in terms of the three material parameters: fibre orientation, fibre material and matrix material. This enabled the systematic selection of an ideal low wear composite material which would consist of a PEEK matrix reinforced with aramid fibres oriented normal to the contacting surface and carbon fibres oriented parallel to the contacting surface.
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