Abstract

Friction and wear characteristics of short fiber reinforced and particulate filled composites were investigated experimentally. Two kinds of fiber composites, chopped graphite fiber reinforced PAI(polyamide-imide) and glass fiber reinforced PAI, and a particulate composite, TiO$_{2}$ powder filled PAI, were selected for the friction and wear test since these are important engineering materials based on a new high temperature engineering plastic. All the specimens were cut into proper size for cylinder-on-plate type wear test. Frictional forces were measured by employing a load transducer and wear rates were calculated by measuring weight loss during wear test. The experimental results are reported in this paper and carefully discussed to explain the friction and wear behavior qualitatively. The frictional behavior is interpreted by considering four basic friction components which are believed to the genesis of friction and the wear behavior is explained by applying delamination theory of wear.

본 연구에서는 단섬유가 첨가된 복합재료의 마찰 및 마멸특성에 대하여 보고 하고자 하며, 최근 공업용 고분자(engineering plastic)로 중오시되고 있는 PAI를 모 재로 하여 탄소섬유(graphite fiber), 유리섬유(glass fiber), TiO$_{2}$ 등이 첨가된 복합재료의 트라이볼로지(tribology) 특성에 대하여 고찰하고자 한다. 본 연구에서 사용된 복합재료에 포함된 단섬유들은 일정한 배열방향이 없이 마구잡이로 분포되어 있으며, 섬유특성에 따라 마멸메카니즘에 큰 차이가 있음을 본 연구 결과를 통하여 알 수 있다.

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