Comparative Analysis of the Polymeric Materials Deformation Behavior under Squeezed and Free Compression

Abstract

Abstract The results of experimental studies of the modern antifriction polymer materials and composites based on them are presented in the work. The 6 most promising materials for use as antifriction coatings and interlayers in friction units of critical structures were selected from a set of materials: bearings, expansion joints etc. The deformation theory of elastic-plasticity for the active loading case is chosen to describe the polymer behavior model based on the experiments results in a first approximation. Compression charts are defined for the selected materials. Numerical models of constrained and free compression experiments are constructed. The series of numerical experiments established that the contact pressure level of composite materials is 25-40% lower at a single level of deformation. UHMWPE and modified PTFE under uniaxial deformed conditions state have an almost elastic behavior with weakly nonlinear hardening and in test problems their deformation behavior has small differences.