Accelerated wear testing for evaluating the life characteristics of copper-graphite tribological composite

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3029-3035

  Rajkumar, K ^a   Kundu, K ^a   Aravindan, S ^a   Kulkarni, M S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER-GRAPHITE COMPOSITE; ELECTRICAL MACHINE; ELECTRICAL SLIDING CONTACT; EXPECTED LIFE; FAILURE DATA; FRICTION AND WEAR; INVERSE POWER LAW; KEY DETERMINANTS; LIFE-TESTS; METAL TRANSFERS; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PRODUCT LIFE; RELIABILITY MODEL; RELIABILITY PREDICTION; SLIDING CONTACTS; SLIDING WEAR; TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS; TRIBOLOGICAL COMPOSITES; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; USAGE LEVEL; WEAR PHENOMENA; WEAR-TESTING; WEIBULL MODELS;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; GRAPHITE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOLID LUBRICANTS; TRIBOLOGY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 79952183201     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.01.046     Document Type: Article

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