The role of the third body in the fretting wear of 690 alloy

Abstract

In this work, to investigate the role of the third body in the fretting behavior of 690 alloy, the fretting capabilities of 690 alloy against 405 stainless steel have been performed under various experimental conditions. The testing normal force and temperature varied from 10 N to 40 N and from room-temperature (RT) to [Formula: see text]C, respectively, at 5 Hz and 200 [Formula: see text]m. The results demonstrated that the profile shape of wear scar was dependent on the action of the wear particles. Three typical profile shapes were examined in this work: “U” shape, “W” shape and “M” shape. The balance of the formation and ejection of wear particles led to a steady value of the coefficient of friction (COF) and friction energy.