Wear of wheel-rail surfaces

authored by

Hans Krause, Gerhard Poll

Abstract

The interactions between the tribological stress parameters and the measurable wear quantities during rolling with slip are examined with the help of experimental results already published and the results of some new investigations by the authors of this paper. It is from these that the following model for wear behaviour is derived. 1. (1) The wear quantities (wear volume and mass loss due to wear) are first of all proportional to the frictional work. 2. (2) The factor of proportionality between frictional work and wear volume depends on (a) the structure of the tribological system (material pairing and environment) and (b) the temperature of the contacting surfaces. This temperature is a function of the stress collective, the influence of which may be approximated as the relation of frictional power to contact area, the surface temperature thus governing the transitions between mild and severe wear.

External Organisation(s)

RWTH Aachen University

Type

Article

Journal

WEAR

Volume

113

Pages

103-122

No. of pages

20

ISSN

0043-1648

Publication date

01.12.1986

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Materials Chemistry

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1016/0043-1648(86)90060-8 (Access: Closed)