Investigations of the effects of particle properties on the wear resistance of the particle reinforced composites using a novel wear model

2016 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 1650013 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ram Prabhu
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Wear Model ◽  
Spring Force ◽  
Particle Reinforced Composites ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Applied Forces

A wear model is developed based on the discrete lattice spring–mass approach to study the effects of particle volume fraction, size, and stiffness on the wear resistance of particle reinforced composites. To study these effects, we have considered three volume fractions (10%, 20% and 30%), two sizes ([Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] sites), and two different stiffness of particles embedded in the matrix in a regular pattern. In this model, we have discretized the composite system ([Formula: see text] sites) into the lumped masses connected with interaction spring elements in two dimensions. The interaction elements are assumed as linear elastic and ideal plastic under applied forces. Each mass is connected to its first and second nearest neighbors by springs. The matrix and particles sites are differentiated by choosing the different stiffness values. The counter surface is simulated as a rigid body that moves on the composite material at a constant sliding speed along the horizontal direction. The governing equations are formed by equating the spring force between the pair of sites given by Hooke’s law plus external contact forces and the force due to the motion of the site given by the equation of motion. The equations are solved for the plastic strain accumulated in the springs using an explicit time stepping procedure based on a finite difference form of the above equations. If the total strain accumulated in the spring elements connected to a lump mass site exceeds the failure strain, the springs are considered to be broken, and the mass site is removed or worn away from the lattice and accounts as a wear loss. The model predicts that (i) increasing volume fraction, reducing particle size and increasing particle stiffness enhance the wear resistance of the particle reinforced composites, (ii) the particle stiffness is the most significant factor affecting the wear resistance of the composites, and (iii) the wear resistance reduced above the critical volume fraction ([Formula: see text]), and [Formula: see text] increases with increasing particle size. Finally, we have qualitatively compared the model results with our previously published experimental results to prove the effectiveness of the model to analysis the complex wear systems.

scholarly journals Comparison of Structure and Properties of Mo2FeB2-Based Cermets Prepared by Welding Metallurgy and Vacuum Sintering

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Hu Xu ◽  
Junsheng Sun ◽  
Jun Jin ◽  
Jijun Song ◽  
Chi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Phase Evolution ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Vacuum Sintering ◽  
Cored Wire ◽  
Welding Metallurgy ◽  
Metallurgical Bonding ◽  
The Matrix

At present, most Mo2FeB2-based cermets are prepared by vacuum sintering. However, vacuum sintering is only suitable for ordinary cylinder and cuboid workpieces, and it is difficult to apply to large curved surface and large size workpieces. Therefore, in order to improve the flexibility of preparing Mo2FeB2 cermet, a flux cored wire with 70% filling rate, 304 stainless steel, 60 wt% Mo powder and 40 wt% FeB powder was prepared. Mo2FeB2 cermet was prepared by an arc cladding welding metallurgy method with flux cored wire. In this paper, the microstructure, phase evolution, hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of Mo2FeB2 cermets prepared by the vacuum sintering (VM-Mo2FeB2) and arc cladding welding metallurgy method (WM-Mo2FeB2) were systematically studied. The results show that VM-Mo2FeB2 is composed of Mo2FeB2 and γ-CrFeNi.WM-Mo2FeB2 is composed of Mo2FeB2, NiCrFe, MoCrFe and Cr2B3. The volume fraction of hard phase in WM-Mo2FeB2 is lower than that of VM-Mo2FeB2, and its hardness and corrosion resistance are also slightly lower than that of VM-Mo2FeB2, but there are obvious pores in the microstructure of VM-Mo2FeB2, which affects its properties. The results show that WM-Mo2FeB2 has good diffusion and metallurgical bonding with the matrix and has no obvious pores. The microstructure is compact and the wear resistance is better than that of VM-Mo2FeB2.

Influence of WC Particle Size and Matrix Composition on the Behavior of WC-Co-Cr Coatings Sprayed by the HVOF Process

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Berget ◽  
E. Bardal ◽  
T. Rogne
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Chromium Content ◽  
Deposition Efficiency ◽  
Matrix Composition ◽  
Coating Properties ◽  
Hvof Process ◽  
Erosion Corrosion ◽  
The Matrix

Abstract WC-Co-Cr powders with different WC particle size have been sprayed by the HVOF process. At constant spraying conditions the powders give coatings of different quality. The deposition efficiency during spraying of powders containing large WC particles was found to be low compared to powders with finer WC grains. In addition the amounts of porosity and cracks were different. The coatings have been characterised by different methods. Erosion and erosion-corrosion tests showed that the WC particle size also influence the wear resistance of the coatings. Small WC particle size was found to be beneficial. Chemical composition of the matrix was also found to be decisive for the coating properties. An increase of the chromium content improved the erosion-corrosion resistance.

Microstructures and Properties of Tungsten Carbide Particle-Reinforced Composites Fabricated by Overlaying Welding with Flux-Cored Wire

2011 ◽  
Vol 228-229 ◽  
pp. 548-551
Author(s):  
Lian Jie Li ◽  
Le Dai
Keyword(s):  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Tungsten Carbide ◽  
Carbide Particle ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Small Particles ◽  
Cored Wire ◽  
Steel Microstructure ◽  
Surface Iron ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Surface Rigidity

The wire was made by Tungsten Carbide(WC) particles as core. MIG welding was used to surface iron-based WC wearable composite coating of different size and content of WC particles on mild steel. Microstructure was investigated. Surface rigidity and wear resistance were tested. The results indicate that the small particles are dissolved seriously, which separate out with reticulation. The hardness and wear resistance of the matrix are relative higher. The big particles are dissolved less, tree crystal separates out along particles. The particles are easy to fall off when wearing. So the hardness and wear resistance of the substrate are relative lower. The admixture with 80% big particles and 20% small particles has the best wear resistance, its wear resistance can achieve quintupling of quenching 45 steel. The hardness and wear resistance increase with content of WC increasing.

scholarly journals Role of titanium carbide and alumina on the friction increment for Cu-based metallic brake pads under different initial braking speeds

Friction ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Peng ◽  
Qingzhi Yan ◽  
Xiaolu Zhang ◽  
Yan Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Titanium Carbide ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Coefficient Of Thermal Expansion ◽  
Interface Bonding ◽  
Brake Pads ◽  
Reinforced Composite ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Matrix

AbstractTo understand the effect of abrasives on increasing friction in Cu-based metallic pads under different braking speeds, pad materials with two typical abrasives, titanium carbide (TiC) and alumina (Al2O3), were produced and tested using a scale dynamometer under various initial braking speeds (IBS). The results showed that at IBS lower than 250 km/h, both TiC and Al2O3 particles acted as hard points and exhibited similar friction-increasing behavior, where the increase in friction was not only enhanced as IBS increased, but also enhanced by increasing the volume fraction of the abrasives. However, at higher IBS, the friction increase was limited by the bonding behavior between the matrix and abrasives. Under these conditions, the composite containing TiC showed a better friction-increasing effect and wear resistance than the composite containing Al2O3 because of its superior particle-matrix bonding and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) compatibility. Because of the poor interface bonding between the matrix and Al2O3, a transition phenomenon exists in the Al2O3-reinforced composite, in which the friction-increasing effect diminished when IBS exceeded a certain value.

Climb-Enabled Discrete Dislocation Plasticity Analysis of the Deformation of a Particle Reinforced Composite

2015 ◽  
Vol 82 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Ayas ◽  
L. C. P. Dautzenberg ◽  
M. G. D. Geers ◽  
V. S. Deshpande
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Dislocation Motion ◽  
Dislocation Climb ◽  
Discrete Dislocation ◽  
Dislocation Plasticity ◽  
Wall Structures ◽  
The Matrix

The shear deformation of a composite comprising elastic particles in a single crystal elastic–plastic matrix is analyzed using a discrete dislocation plasticity (DDP) framework wherein dislocation motion occurs via climb-assisted glide. The topology of the reinforcement is such that dislocations cannot continuously transverse the matrix by glide-only without encountering the particles that are impenetrable to dislocations. When dislocation motion is via glide-only, the shear stress versus strain response is strongly strain hardening with the hardening rate increasing with decreasing particle size for a fixed volume fraction of particles. This is due to the formation of dislocation pile-ups at the particle/matrix interfaces. The back stresses associated with these pile-ups result in a size effect and a strong Bauschinger effect. By contrast, when dislocation climb is permitted, the dislocation pile-ups break up by forming lower energy dislocation wall structures at the particle/matrix interfaces. This results in a significantly reduced size effect and reduced strain hardening. In fact, with increasing climb mobility an “inverse size” effect is also predicted where the strength decreases with decreasing particle size. Mass transport along the matrix/particle interface by dislocation climb causes this change in the response and also results in a reduction in the lattice rotations and density of geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs) compared to the case where dislocation motion is by glide-only.

Metal-matrix composite fabricated with gas tungsten arc melt injection and precoated with NiCrBSi alloy to increase the volume fraction of WC particles

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiguo Liu ◽  
Da Li ◽  
Fanling Meng ◽  
Huanhuan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Metal Matrix ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Wear Loss ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Gas Tungsten Arc ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Gas Tungsten

AbstractThe volume fraction, dissolution, and segregation of WC particles in metal-matrix composites (MMCs) are critical to their wear resistance. Low carbon steel substrates were precoated with NiCrBSi coatings and processed with gas tungsten arc melt injection method to fabricate MMCs with high volume fraction of WC particles. The microstructures and wear resistance of the composites were investigated. The results showed that the volume fraction of WC particles increased with decreasing hopper height and was as high as 44% when hopper height was 100 mm. The dissolution of WC particles was minimal. The content of the alloying elements decreased from the top to the bottom of the matrix. More WC particles dissolved in the overlapping area, where Fe3W3C carbide blocks could be found. The wear loss of the MMCs after 40 min was 6.9 mg, which is 76 times less than that of the substrate after the 4 min test.

Formation of Cavities From Nondeformable Second-Phase Particles in Low Temperature Ductile Fracture

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Argon
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Stress Concentration ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Void Formation ◽  
Particle Size Effect ◽  
Interfacial Stress ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Rigid Particles ◽  
The Matrix

Limiting solutions are discussed for elastic-plastic deformation around rigid particles of both equiaxed and greatly elongated shapes. It is shown that if the matrix can be characterized as a rigid nonhardening continuum the stress concentration at the particle interface and interior is less than two for either equiaxed or elongated particles. In a rapidly strain hardening matrix, however, while the interfacial stress concentration relative to the distant boundary traction remains at a factor of two for the equiaxed particles, it rises nearly linearly with aspect ratio for slender platelets and rods. Interaction between particles can occur when the local volume fraction of particles is high. Such interactions raise the interface tractions for a given state of shear of the matrix and hasten void formation, and are often discerned as a particle size effect. Another particle size effect based on flawed particles is also discussed.

An Interfacial Debonding Model for Particle-Reinforced Composites

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. T. Liu ◽  
L. Z. Sun ◽  
J. W. Ju
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Damage Mechanism ◽  
Interfacial Debonding ◽  
Elastic Behavior ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Stiffness Tensor ◽  
Particle Reinforced Composites ◽  
Damage Process ◽  
Multi Phase

To simulate the evolution process of interfacial debonding between particle and matrix, and to further estimate its effect on the overall elastic behavior of particle-reinforced composites, a two-level microstructural-effective damaged model is developed. The microstructural damage mechanism is governed by the interfacial debonding of reinforcement and matrix. The progressive damage process is represented by the debonding angles that are dependent on the external loads. For those debonded particles, the elastic equivalency is constructed in terms of the stiffness tensor. Namely, the isotropic yet debonded particles are replaced by the orthotropic perfect particles. The volume fraction evolution of debonded particles is characterized by the Weibull’s statistical approach. Mori-Tanaka’s method is utilized to determine the effective stiffness tensor of the resultant multi-phase composites. The proposed constitutive framework is developed under the general three-dimensional loading condition. Examples are conducted to demonstrate the capability of the proposed model.

scholarly journals Asymmetric flux models for particle-size segregation in granular avalanches

2014 ◽  
Vol 757 ◽  
pp. 297-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gajjar ◽  
J. M. N. T. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Small Particle ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Free Surface Flows ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Combined Processes ◽  
Maximum Point ◽  
Size Segregation ◽  
Flux Function ◽  
Large Particles

AbstractParticle-size segregation commonly occurs in both wet and dry granular free-surface flows through the combined processes of kinetic sieving and squeeze expulsion. As the granular material is sheared downslope, the particle matrix dilates slightly and small grains tend to percolate down through the gaps, because they are more likely than the large grains to fit into the available space. Larger particles are then levered upwards in order to maintain an almost uniform solids volume fraction through the depth. Recent experimental observations suggest that a single small particle can percolate downwards through a matrix of large particles faster than a large particle can be levered upwards through a matrix of fines. In this paper, this effect is modelled by using a flux function that is asymmetric about its maximum point, differing from the symmetric quadratic form used in recent models of particle-size segregation. For illustration, a cubic flux function is examined in this paper, which can be either a convex or a non-convex function of the small-particle concentration. The method of characteristics is used to derive exact steady-state solutions for non-diffuse segregation in two dimensions, with an inflow concentration that is (i) homogeneous and (ii) normally graded, with small particles above the large. As well as generating shocks and expansion fans, the new asymmetric flux function generates semi-shocks, which have characteristics intersecting with the shock just from one side. In the absence of diffusive remixing, these can significantly enhance the distance over which complete segregation occurs.

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