Effect of specimen bed on the material removal due to the repetitive single ball impacts

Abstract

Specimen wear due to the repetitive single ball impact is investigated experimentally by a drop test machine. Effect of the impact energy, incidence angle and bed material is studied. Specimen mass loss is measured after 1000 impacts. The crater dimension on the specimen surface is measured to indicate its correlation with the wear variation. Results show that the rubber bed has the undeniable positive role in decrement of the wear due to impact comparing with the steel bed. A relation between the energies which give the same wear, in both cases of the rubber and steel bed, is extracted. Results can be helpful in designing the appropriate bed where the medium and high energy impacts encouraged.