Frictional heating and the oxidational theory of wear

Abstract

Previous papers, in which the oxidation theory of mild wear has been applied to the wear of low-alloy, medium-carbon steels, have shown in outline how a knowledge of the heat flowing in a pin-on-disc configuration can be related to a surface model and to the parabolic oxidation of contacting asperities. A detailed heat flow analysis is developed and the derivation of the oxidational theory of mild wear is shown.