Mechanical Wear Fundamentals and Testing, Revised and Expanded

Details a practical methodology to determine the design parameters and materials necessary to obtain desired wear performances, stressing the idea of mechanical wear as a system property throughout.

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This work details a practical methodology to determine the design parameters and materials necessary to obtain desired wear performances, stressing the idea of mechanical wear as a system property throughout. It offers a micrographic atlas of wear scar morphology for conducting failure analysis and equations for calculating contact stress and lubrication film thickness.