Sliding Wear Behavior of Graphite Filled Glass-Epoxy Composites at Elevated Temperatures

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-259

  Mohan, N ^a   Natarajan, S ^a   Babu, S P Kumaresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Glass fabric epoxy composites; Graphite filler; Specific wear rate; Wear loss; Wear mechanisms

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EPOXY COMPOSITE; FILLER MATERIALS; GLASS-EPOXY COMPOSITES; PIN-ON-DISK TESTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SLIDING DISTANCES; SLIDING VELOCITIES; SLIDING WEAR BEHAVIORS; WEAR LOSS; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEAR RATES; WORN SURFACE;

FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; FRICTION; GLASS; GRAPHITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITES;

EID: 79251589107     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.531606     Document Type: Article

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