Wear and frictional performance of polymeric composites aged in various solutions

Wear

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Yousif, B F ^a   Nirmal, Umar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Polymer matrix composite; Sliding friction; Sliding wear; Wear testing

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE WEARS; AGING PROCESS; DAMAGE FEATURES; DRY ADHESIVE; ENGINE OIL; FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OIL PALM FIBRES; PIN ON DISC; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; SLIDING DISTANCES; SLIDING FRICTION; SLIDING WEAR; WEAR PERFORMANCE; WEAR TESTING; WORN SURFACE;

ESTERS; FRICTION; LUBRICATING OILS; POLYMERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 80052993289     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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