Three-body abrasion on wear and frictional performance of treated betelnut fibre reinforced epoxy (T-BFRE) composite

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4514-4521

  Yousif, B F ^a   Nirmal, Umar ^b   Wong, K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE PARTICLE SIZE; ABRASIVE PARTICLES; ABRASIVE WEARS; APPLIED LOADS; COMPOSITE SLIDING; EPOXY COMPOSITE; FIBRE-REINFORCED EPOXY; FINE SAND; FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENTS; HIGH SLIDING VELOCITIES; HIGHER WEIGHT; SAND PARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SLIDING VELOCITIES; THREE BODY ABRASION; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEAR RATES; WORN SURFACE;

ABRASION; ABRASIVES; FRICTION; PLASTICS FILLERS; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY;

FIBERS;

EID: 77953542525     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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