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Wear

Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces. Causes of wear can be mechanical (e.g., erosion) or chemical (e.g., corrosion). The study of wear and related processes is referred to as tribology.

Wear types and mechanisms, Overview & Measuring wear

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Wear types and mechanisms

Wear stages

Wear testing

Modeling of wear

Measuring wear

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Wear

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples118
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Wear

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related to Further reading · 37
Wear → Akram, Amsterdam, Blau, Bosman, Bowden, Clarendon Press, CRC Press, Diagnosis, Elsevier, Friction, Int, Intl, Jones, Kleis, Kulu, Lim, London, Lubrication, Ludema, Meng
related to Fretting wear · 9
Wear → An, Another, Fretting, It, Mianus River Bridge, Over, Silver Bridge, The, Unprotected
related to Wear testing · 9
Wear → An, ASTM International Committee G-2, Lubrication Engineers, Several, Standardized, STLE, The Society, To, Tribology
see also · 8
Wear → Abrasion, Clearance, Damage, Dependence, Equipment, Instrument, Model, Process
related to Abrasive wear · 6
Wear → Abrasive, An, ASTM International, The, Three-body, Two-body
related to Erosive wear · 5
Wear → Due, Erosive, For, It, The
related to Lubricant analysis · 5
Wear → Here, ICP-OES, Lubricant, To, XRF
related to Wear stages · 5
Wear → Most, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Under
has impact · 4
Wear → If, Impact, The, Unlike
related to Digital analysis of wear debris · 4
Wear → Advanced, Automated, Recent, Such

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material surface particles occurs surfaces abrasive contact mechanisms rate process adhesive corrosion conditions different debris impact sliding analysis types motion

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Wearis adamaging0.90text
Wearis arepeated cyclical rubbing between two surfaces0.90text
fatigueinstance oftogether with other processes0.80text
creepinstance oftogether with other processes0.80text
causes functional surfaces to degradeinstance oftogether with other processes0.80text
eventually leading to material failure or loss of functionalityinstance oftogether with other processes0.80text
type of loadinginstance ofsolid particles or liquid droplets entrained in flowing gasses.The wear rate is affected by factors0.80text
Wearhas impactImpact0.60section
Wearhas impactUnlike0.60section
Wearhas impactIf0.60section
Wearhas impactThe0.60section
Wearrelated to Abrasive wearAbrasive0.60section

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