Friction and wear evaluation of high-strength gel

Toshiki Kameyama; Masato Wada; Masato Makino; Masaru Kawakami; Hidemitsu Furukawa

doi:10.1117/12.2218117

16 April 2016 Friction and wear evaluation of high-strength gel

Toshiki Kameyama, Masato Wada, Masato Makino, Masaru Kawakami, Hidemitsu Furukawa

Proceedings Volume 9802, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2016; 98020Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218117
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

In the last decade, several innovative polymer gel materials with enhanced mechanical proper ties have been invented by Japanese researches. In 2003, a most effective but simple way was proposed to synthesize double network gels, with compression fracture stress of about 30MPa, compared to several tens of kPa for common gels. In this study, we evaluate the wear of a double network gel, both with and without water lubrication. In the un-lubricated experiment, the gel surface is worn with a stainless steel ball. In the other experiment with water lubrication, the gel surface is worn by different counter surfaces because the stainless steel ball was too smooth to wear. It was found that frictional vibration of wear gel is transitioning to steady sliding in lubricated. As conventional reduction method of the friction by the contact between general solids, there are surface processing such as the texturing, attachment of lubrication materials. In the case of gel, the minute processing to the surface such as the texturing is difficult, because the gel is soft in comparison with the hard materials such as the metal. By proceeding with this study, the surface processing of low-frictional gels will be enabled.

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Toshiki Kameyama, Masato Wada, Masato Makino, Masaru Kawakami, and Hidemitsu Furukawa "Friction and wear evaluation of high-strength gel", Proc. SPIE 9802, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2016, 98020Q (16 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218117

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