Sources of variability in the free-ball micro-scale abrasion test

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 313-317

  Kusano, Y ^a,b   Hutchings, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abrasive wear; Micro scale abrasion; Wear test

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; FRICTION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; MICRO-SCALE ABRASION; ON-LINE MEASUREMENTS; WEAR RATE;

ABRASION;

ABRASION;

EID: 10644236901     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.02.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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