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Polymer tribology /
This book deals with the new and now-expanding field of friction, wear, and other surface-related mechanical phenomena for polymers. Polymers have been used in various forms such as bulk, films, and composites in applications where their friction, wear resistance, and other surface-related propertie...
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London : Singapore :
Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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- pt. I. Bulk polymers. ch. 1. Adhesion and friction of polymers. 1. Introduction. 2. Polymers and polymer composites. 3. Mechanical behaviour of polymer-based materials. 4. Adhesion of polymers. 5. Friction of polymer over the hard counterface. 6. Wear of polymers. 7. Conclusions. ch. 2. Tribophysical interpretation of polymer sliding mechanisms. 1. Introduction. 2. Experimental techniques. 3. Polymer surface analysis. 4. Polymer wear debris analysis. 5. Conclusions. ch. 3. Scaling effects in tribotesting of polymers. 1. Introduction. 2. Tribotesting facilities at different scales. 3. Meso-scale to small-scale correlation. 4. Small-scale to large-scale correlation. 5. Large-scale to full-scale correlation. 6. Summary and conclusions. ch. 4. Scratch experiments and finite element simulation : friction and nonlinearity effects. 1. Introduction. 2. Experimental observations. 3. Finite element modelling. 4. Finite element results. 5. Discussion. 6. Conclusion. ch. 5. Nanoindentation and indentation creep of polymeric materials. 1. Introduction. 2. Brief summary of basic nanoindentation analysis. 3. Problems of nanoindentation of polymeric materials. 4. Approaches to the nanoindentation of polymers or other soft materials. 5. Indentation creep experiments and analysis. 6. Theoretical analysis of nanoindentation of polymers. 7. Nanoindentation using scanning probe microscope. 8. Summary, conclusions and implications. ch. 6. Effects of physiological factors on wear of UHMWPE for joint prosthesis. 1. Introduction. 2. Physiological factor relating to joint kinematics. 3. Physiological factor relating to joint environment. 4. Summary. ch. 7. Biopolymer tribology. 1. A brief history of biopolymers in total hip replacements. 2. The use of biopolymers in other prostheses. 3. Biopolymer wear and wear debris. 4. Wear testing of biopolymers. 5. Influence of counterface roughness on wear. 6. Influence of lubricant on wear. 7. Soak controls. 8. Theoretical lubrication analysis. 9. Friction. 10. Other polymers (nonpolyethylene). 11. All-polymer articulations. 12. Future developments in biopolymers. 13. Future challenges. 14. Summary. ch. 8. Frictional behaviour of miniature journal polymer-on-polymer bearings. 1. Introduction. 2. Experimental studies. 3. Model of contact and predicting of friction coefficient. 4. Comparison of predicted and experimentally determined frictional behaviours of studied bearings. 5. Conclusions. ch. 9. State-of-the-art of rubber tribology. 1. Introductin. 2. Rubber friction. 3. Rubber lubrication. 4. Rubber wear. 5. Wear of metal by rubber. 6. Tribology of rubber assemblies. 7. Concluding remarks
- pt. II. Reinforced polymers. ch. 10. Wear of polytetrafluoroethylene and PTFE composites. 1. Processing and structure. 2. Sliding friction. 3. Wear. 4. PTFE composite wear reduction mechanisms. 5. Polymer-filled PTFE composites. 6. Radiation-induced wear resistance in PTFE. 7. Tomorrow's challenges : understanding nano-filled PTFE. ch. 11. Polymer composites for tribological applications in a range between liquid helium and room temperature. 1. Introduction to cryotechnology. 2. Materials and tribological characterisation. 3. Friction and wear of PTFE-based composites at room temperature. 4. Tribology of selected PEEK- and PTFE-based composites in cryogenic environments. 5. Conclusions. ch. 12. Mechanical and tribological behaviour of polymers filled with inorganic particulate fillers. 1. Introduction. 2. Effect of fillers on mechanical properties. 3. Effect of fillers on friction and wear. 4. Mechanisms of wear modification. 5. Concluding remarks. ch. 13. The sliding wear of polypropylene and its blends. 1. Introduction. 2. Polypropylene. 3. Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. 4. Polyethylene terephthalate/polypropylene (PET/PP) blends. 5. Recycled polyethylene terephthalate. 6. Wear properties of PP/PET blends. ch. 14 Engineering polymers and composites for machine elements. 1. Introduction and overview. 2. Rolling-sliding tests by the twin-disc technique. 3. Gears and gear testing. 4. Thermal aspects of polymeric gearing. 5. Failure modes of polymer gears. 6. Wear of polymer gears. 7. Mechanical efficiencies of polymer gears. 8. Polymer gears in high performance applications. ch. 15 Brake friction materials. 1. Introduction. 2. Ingredients of brake friction materials. 3. Sliding interface. 4. Friction materials and environmental issues. 5. Friction evaluation tests. 6. Concluding remarks. ch. 16. Study of tribological and mechanical properties of mold-in-colour polypropylene used in automobile industry. 1. Introduction. 2. Tested samples. 3. Preliminary tests for tip selection. 4. Progressive load scratch tests. 5. Constant load scratch tests. 6. Quantitative characterisation of scratch damages. 7. Indentation tests. 8. Correlation. 9. Summary
- pt. III. Polymer films. ch. 17. Mechanical properties of thin polymer films within contacts. 1. Introduction. 2. Contact mechanics of confined polymer coatings. 3. Visco-elastic properties of confined polymer films in the glass transition range. 4. Plastic properties of confined polymer films. 5. Conclusions. ch. 18. Tribological behaviour of polymer brush prepared by the "Grafting-from" method. 1. Introduction. 2. Preparation of high-density polymer brush on substrate. 3. Frictional property of high-density polymer brush. 4. Conclusions. ch. 19. AFM testing of polymeric resist films for nanoimprint lithography. 1. Introduction. 2. Process of imprint. 3. NIL problems. 4. Testing of materials for NIL. 5. Studies of friction between mold surface and resist film. 6. Studies of anti-stiction layers. 7. Summary. ch. 20. Tribological studies of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) thin films on silicon surface. 1. Introduction. 2. Materials and sample preparation. 3. Results and discussion. 4. Conclusions. ch. 21 Tribology of UHMWPE thin films on Si with interfacial layers and modifications. 1. Introduction. 2. Experimental procedures. 3. Friction and wear results. 4. Discussion. 5. Conclusions.