Adhesive wear behaviour of cast aluminium–silicon alloys: Overview

• Published in: Materials in engineering Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 2517 - 2531
• Main Author: Dwivedi, D.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Adhesive wear; Al–Si alloys; Materials properties; Sliding conditions; Wear debris and sub-surface damage; Wear mechanisms; Wear debris and sub-surface damage; Al–Si alloys; Adhesive wear; Sliding conditions; Wear mechanisms; Materials properties

This paper describes the various technological aspects related to adhesive wear of cast aluminium–silicon (Al–Si) alloys. Number of hypothesis and theories proposed in the last two decades in order to explain the different phenomenon related with wear and friction, and influence of test parameters (...