An investigation of polymer wear due to fatigue using a constant strain wear test

dc.contributor.authorCarter, James Thomasen
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-03T18:46:28Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-03T18:46:28Zen
dc.date.issued1983en
dc.description.abstractA constant-strain wear test apparatus was built and used to test polyethyleneterephthalate. The results of the constant-strain wear tests were compared to results from a constant-strain fatigue test. The results of the wear test showed that the polymer did not fatigue below the surface where the distortion energy was calculated to be a maximum. Instead, the polymer fatigued in an interfacial region at the surface due to stress concentrations resulting from surface irregularities, inhomogeneities, and localized adhesive forces. The adhesive forces were seen to increase as the number of cycles of the test increased eventually becoming the dominant frictional force.en
dc.description.degreeM.S.en
dc.format.extentix, 108 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/102590en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 09627972en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1983.C377en
dc.subject.lcshPolymers -- Testingen
dc.titleAn investigation of polymer wear due to fatigue using a constant strain wear testen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en

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