The paper presents an overview of experimental studies on tribological wear resistance. The theoretical foundations for maximizing the tribological wear resistance of solid body systems are presented. Furthermore, conclusions from studies of metal samples under conditions of maximum tribological wear resistance are presented. They state that the maximization of tribological wear resistance is conditioned by the occurrence of stationary processes in the tribological system when the friction contact temperature is close to the characteristic temperature. At this point, there is a balance between the amount of dissipated mechanical energy and the energy removed from the system to the environment as heat.Experimental studies of tribological wear resistance have a long tradition; the first works in this field were created in the 1930s. One of the first relationships between the relative wear resistance of metals and their alloys in the case of friction against sandpaper was published by W. Tonn [1] in 1935. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 6/2009
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