Affiliation:
1. Russian University of Transport
2. Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences
3. Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Rubber materials are widely used in friction assemblies of railway rolling stock. Rubbers are used oil seals, other various seals, shock absorbers, corrugated hoses, sleeves, sealing rings, etc. During operation, rubbers are exposed to various mechanical influences that cause wear, cracks, abrasion, dents, burnthroughs, etc., which can lead to the failure of the entire unit and unforeseen unscheduled repairs of the rolling stock. Any failure on the route together with unplanned repairs incur heavy economic losses.Currently, the issue of wear of rubbers in rubber-steel tribopairs has not been sufficiently studied in case of supply of lubricant to the friction zone and of wear caused by a free and fixed abrasive. There is ongoing research on the possibility of replacing rubber products with other polymeric materials, which have shown significantly better results in tribological tests, both in terms of friction coefficients and in the wear mechanism. The data obtained will make it possible to choose the most optimal options for materials that can act as a replacement for standard rubber products in rolling stock friction assemblies.The paper presents the results of tribological tests of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU), ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and polypropylene (PP2015) in comparison with rubber based on nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR). The tests were carried out according to two schemes: «plane (tested sample) – bushing» and «plane (tested sample) – generatrix of a rubber disk with supply of abrasive grain to the friction zone». The objective of the work is to determine the dependence of the change in friction coefficients on load and sliding speed, as well as the dependence of seizure pressures of tribo-pairs on speed, weight loss of samples after wear tests with a free and fixed abrasive, the morphology of wear surfaces, and wear mechanisms of polymer materials and rubbers.
Publisher
FSBEO HPE Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT)
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