Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206470
Xia Li , Jiang Ju , Bo Xiao , Weicheng Xiao , Jixun Zhang , Jie Gan , Tzuhsiu Chou , Junhua Luan , Haibo Ke , Weihua Wang , Tao Yang
Achieving enhanced wear resistance in light-weight alloys is crucial for aerospace and automotive applications. Simultaneously strengthening the matrix and introducing hard precipitates is fundamentally required. Here, we have designed an innovative strategy to enhance the wear resistance of the light-weight TiAlCrNb-based medium-entropy alloy (MEA) through strengthened matrix and hard Ti3Al precipitates synergistically. Compared with the TiAlCrNb, the TiAlCrNb-1.5(ZrO2) MEA exhibits a 39 % reduction in wear volume to mm3, a 16 % reduction in the maximum wear depth to 2.0 μm, and a 39 % reduction in wear rate to mm3/(N·m), which is primarily attributed to the hardness increment of the β matrix and the formation of the hard Ti3Al precipitates. Our quantitative analyses indicate that the hardness increment mainly comes from grain refinement strengthening, solid-solution strengthening facilitated by integrating dissolved oxygen in the β phase, and the dislocation strengthening from the substructures and unrecrystallized structures. Additionally, introducing Ti3Al precipitates into the TiAlCrNb matrix shows a 78 % reduction in the thickness of the deformation layer. Then, it impedes the dislocation movement, which significantly improves the wear resistance of the TiAlCrNb-1.5(ZrO2) MEA. Our research presents novel findings on the engineering of advanced wear-resistant alloys, highlighting innovative design strategies that enhance their performance and durability.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206475
Jin Peng , Zaiyu Xiang , Jiakun Zhang , Shaohao Deng , Xiaoqin Liu
During low-speed braking of high-speed trains, the frictional interaction at the braking interface often triggers severe stick-slip instability, manifesting as friction-induced stick-slip vibration (FISSV). This generates sharp frictional noise and accelerates wear, causes block detachment, and compromises system stability, posing risks to operational safety. Thus, effective strategies are urgently needed to improve tribological behavior and suppress FISSV. Floating brake blocks based on disc spring structures have shown promise; however, the theoretical basis for optimizing spring number and stiffness remains insufficient. In this work, a floating friction block design with stacked disc springs is proposed to enhance tribological performance and vibration suppression. Comparative experiments were performed on a multifunctional friction test rig, evaluating a fixed connection and three disc spring configurations (2, 4, and 6 springs). Surface morphology characterization and finite element simulations were conducted to further reveal suppression mechanisms. Results show that floating structures consistently outperform fixed ones, yet suppression exhibits a nonlinear dependence on spring number. Among the tested configurations, the four-spring (SPR4) design delivered the most favorable performance: displacement, acceleration, and noise RMS values decreased by 35.68 %, 54.37 %, and 49.14 %, respectively, while friction force RMS increased by 41.5 %. SPR2 generated unstable adhesion-slip cycles, whereas SPR6 showed noise amplification at later stages. Mechanistic analysis demonstrated that suppression is achieved through a cooperative “moderate - compliance - hysteresis - uniform - redistribution” effect, with SPR4 forming stable contact plateaus and uniform stress distribution. These findings identify medium-stiffness floating structures as the optimal solution, offering theoretical and engineering guidance for the design of high-speed train brake pads.
{"title":"Enhancing the tribological behavior of high-speed train braking interfaces and suppressing stick-slip vibration via the stacking of disc springs","authors":"Jin Peng , Zaiyu Xiang , Jiakun Zhang , Shaohao Deng , Xiaoqin Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206475","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206475","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During low-speed braking of high-speed trains, the frictional interaction at the braking interface often triggers severe stick-slip instability, manifesting as friction-induced stick-slip vibration (FISSV). This generates sharp frictional noise and accelerates wear, causes block detachment, and compromises system stability, posing risks to operational safety. Thus, effective strategies are urgently needed to improve tribological behavior and suppress FISSV. Floating brake blocks based on disc spring structures have shown promise; however, the theoretical basis for optimizing spring number and stiffness remains insufficient. In this work, a floating friction block design with stacked disc springs is proposed to enhance tribological performance and vibration suppression. Comparative experiments were performed on a multifunctional friction test rig, evaluating a fixed connection and three disc spring configurations (2, 4, and 6 springs). Surface morphology characterization and finite element simulations were conducted to further reveal suppression mechanisms. Results show that floating structures consistently outperform fixed ones, yet suppression exhibits a nonlinear dependence on spring number. Among the tested configurations, the four-spring (SPR4) design delivered the most favorable performance: displacement, acceleration, and noise RMS values decreased by 35.68 %, 54.37 %, and 49.14 %, respectively, while friction force RMS increased by 41.5 %. SPR2 generated unstable adhesion-slip cycles, whereas SPR6 showed noise amplification at later stages. Mechanistic analysis demonstrated that suppression is achieved through a cooperative “moderate - compliance - hysteresis - uniform - redistribution” effect, with SPR4 forming stable contact plateaus and uniform stress distribution. These findings identify medium-stiffness floating structures as the optimal solution, offering theoretical and engineering guidance for the design of high-speed train brake pads.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23970,"journal":{"name":"Wear","volume":"586 ","pages":"Article 206475"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145798147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206435
Mohammed Fartas , Siegfried Fouvry , Pierre Arnaud , Maria Isabel De Barros , Louis Cornet , Yazid Madi
The aim of this study is to investigate the friction and fretting wear behavior of 304L austenitic stainless steel under high hydrogen gas pressure. Fretting tests were performed using a novel sphere-on-flat test setup in ambient air, pressurized hydrogen (200 bar), and helium (200 bar). Analysis of wear volume, frictional response, and interface morphology revealed a distinctive tribological behavior under high hydrogen pressure. At the beginning of the test, seizure phenomena occurred, leading to high coefficients of friction and severe plastic deformation inducing tribologically transformed structures (TTS). The hydrogen-embrittled ferritic TTS layer facilitated the generation of large amounts of flat wear debris. These debris particles, entrapped within the fretted interface, progressively agglomerated into nodule-like structures. Acting through a ball-bearing mechanism, these nodular debris accommodated the interface, thereby reducing both the coefficient of friction and the wear rate. Overall, while the early fretting response in hydrogen resembled that in helium, the rapid formation of a stable nodular debris layer ultimately produced friction and wear levels similar to those in air, though governed by fundamentally different mechanisms.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-03DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206447
Lingling Liu , Xianhui Wang , Hangyu Li , Yuan Fei , Hang Zhang , Zhiren Xue
To unveil the effect of intrinsic material properties, eroded morphology evolution, and electric load characteristics on the bouncing arc behavior of Ag-based contact materials, electrical contact tests were performed on Ag-8wt.%Ni, Ag-8wt.%SnO2, and Ag-4wt.%SnO2-4wt.%Ni contact materials under resistive and inductive loads of 18, 24, and 30 V. The arc duration, eroded morphology, and bounce characteristics were analyzed, and the correlation between contact bounce and arc behavior for the Ag-based contact materials was established. It is found that different arc states are present during each bouncing process and thus exert a profound impact on the make-arc duration. A larger bounce height is observed for the Ag-8wt.%Ni contact material because of its high elastic limit. However, for the Ag-8wt.%SnO2 contact material, greater bouncing energy loss arises from the stress concentration on SnO2 particles. Moreover, good bonding between the Ag matrix and the eroded layer is beneficial to bounce, whereas separation of the eroded layer gives rise to bouncing energy loss, thereby decreasing the bounce. Additionally, because temperature rise and stress release occur at the contact spots due to the rapid response to current, a small bounce height is observed under the resistive load and at higher voltage. In contrast, a large bounce height occurs under the inductive load without the presence of a sharply increased current.
为了揭示材料特性、侵蚀形态演变和电负载特性对ag基触点材料弹跳电弧行为的影响,在Ag-8wt上进行了电触点试验。%倪,Ag-8wt。%SnO2, ag -4wt, %SnO2-4wt。%Ni触点材料在18、24和30 V的电阻性和感性负载下。分析了银基触点材料的电弧持续时间、侵蚀形貌和回弹特性,建立了触点回弹与电弧行为的相关性。研究发现,在每次弹跳过程中,电弧状态都不同,从而对造弧时间产生深远的影响。Ag-8wt的弹跳高度更大。Ni接触材料因其高弹性极限。然而,对于Ag-8wt。在SnO2接触材料中,由于应力集中在SnO2颗粒上,弹跳能损失较大。此外,银基体与侵蚀层之间良好的结合有利于弹跳,而侵蚀层的分离会导致弹跳能量的损失,从而降低弹跳。此外,由于对电流的快速响应导致接触点温度升高和应力释放,因此在电阻负载和较高电压下观察到较小的弹跳高度。相反,在没有急剧增加电流的情况下,在感应负载下会出现较大的反弹高度。
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-02DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206445
Eva Ransmark , Andreas Håkansson
High-pressure homogenizers (HPHs) are used extensively in food-, pharma-, and biotech processing. Erosion wear is a serious concern leading to high maintenance costs and downtime. Despite this, very little is known about how operating conditions and HPH design influence wear. Guidelines for optimizing design and operation are in great need. This contribution develops a relatively simple CFD-based approach to predict erosion wear in HPHs, with the long-term ambition of enabling model-based design and optimization. Comparison to previously published experimental data show that the model captures initial forcer wear. Moreover, the model is used to conclude on the effect of HPH seat inlet angle, particle properties, and operating conditions. The results suggest that erosion wear is reduced by using a lower seat inlet angle. Erosion wear also increases in proportion to the homogenizing pressure, which implies that care should be taken to design HPHs to reduce the utilized homogenizing pressure. The effects of (spherical) particle diameter and density on erosion are described in terms of a Stokes number; erosion wear is negligible if St < 1. Implications for the optimal design and operation of HPHs are discussed. As the first systematic investigation on erosion wear in HPH valves, the present numerical approach opens for improved design and operation of a unit operation with wide industrial application.
{"title":"Particle erosion wear in a high-pressure homogenizer – insights from DPM-CFD-erosion modelling","authors":"Eva Ransmark , Andreas Håkansson","doi":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206445","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206445","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-pressure homogenizers (HPHs) are used extensively in food-, pharma-, and biotech processing. Erosion wear is a serious concern leading to high maintenance costs and downtime. Despite this, very little is known about how operating conditions and HPH design influence wear. Guidelines for optimizing design and operation are in great need. This contribution develops a relatively simple CFD-based approach to predict erosion wear in HPHs, with the long-term ambition of enabling model-based design and optimization. Comparison to previously published experimental data show that the model captures initial forcer wear. Moreover, the model is used to conclude on the effect of HPH seat inlet angle, particle properties, and operating conditions. The results suggest that erosion wear is reduced by using a lower seat inlet angle. Erosion wear also increases in proportion to the homogenizing pressure, which implies that care should be taken to design HPHs to reduce the utilized homogenizing pressure. The effects of (spherical) particle diameter and density on erosion are described in terms of a Stokes number; erosion wear is negligible if <em>St</em> < 1. Implications for the optimal design and operation of HPHs are discussed. As the first systematic investigation on erosion wear in HPH valves, the present numerical approach opens for improved design and operation of a unit operation with wide industrial application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23970,"journal":{"name":"Wear","volume":"586 ","pages":"Article 206445"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145658772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206459
Ruijuan Liu , Yali Zhang , Xinle Li , Xiaogang Zhang , Jian Pu , Qin Xiong , Wen Shi , Zhongmin Jin
In traditional metal-on-polyethylene (MoP) implants, especially cobalt chrome molybdenum-ultra high molecular polyethylene (CoCrMo-UHMWPE) pairing, wear primarily occurs in the PE component. The wear particles from PE are considered a major cause of implant loosening and artificial joint failure. The development of oxidized zirconium-2.5 % niobium (Zr-2.5Nb) and zirconia-toughened alumina (ZTA) has shown promise in reducing wear and osteolysis risks. However, comparative studies on the wear mechanisms and wear particle characteristics of Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE, ZTA-UHMWPE, and CoCrMo-UHMWPE remain limited. In this study, Zr-2.5Nb, ZTA, and CoCrMo were selected and paired with UHMWPE as pairing materials. The wear mechanism was studied from the aspects of wear behavior and wear particle characterization at different contact pressures from 2 MPa to 4 MPa under multidirectional motion. The UHMWPE wear loss from Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE was 48 %, 27 %, and 18 % lower than that of CoCrMo-UHMWPE bearings at 2, 3, and 4 MPa. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the wear loss of UHMWPE from Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE and ZTA-UHMWPE at 2 MPa, but 34.5 % higher than that of ZTA-UHMWPE at 4 MPa. Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE exhibited a similar wear performance to ZTA-UHMWPE with no visible scratches on the surface of Zr-2.5Nb and ZTA, while multidirectional scratches appeared on the surface of CoCrMo. Moreover, the UHMWPE wear particles were consistent in size range and morphology, but different in quantity and size distribution at all loading conditions. The number of UHMWPE wear particles produced by the Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE pairing was 44 %–60 % lower than that of the CoCrMo-UHMWPE at 2, 3, and 4 MPa. However, the UHMWPE wear particles produced by Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE and ZTA-UHMWPE were very similar, which were 153 and 157 at 4 MPa, respectively. With increasing load, size distribution results revealed that the proportion of large-sized wear particles gradually increased for the three pairings. Notably, the UHMWPE wear particle from the Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE pairing exhibited the largest average particle size. Shape distribution analysis further indicated that the UHMWPE wear particle generated by the Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE pairing was predominantly fibrous in morphology, whereas that from the CoCrMo-UHMWPE pairing displayed the highest proportion of round and oval shapes. Based on the analysis of wear morphology and wear particle characteristics, the results showed that the wear mainly occurred in UHMWPE. Plastic deformation was the main cause of wear particle formation, and the wear mechanisms were adhesive wear and abrasive wear. This study compared the tribological behaviors of three typical pairings, providing a valuable understanding of artificial hip joint materials, which will contribute to optimizing orthopedic implant materials.
{"title":"Wear mechanism and wear particles characterization of Zr-2.5Nb, ZTA, and CoCrMo articulating with UHMWPE in multidirectional motion","authors":"Ruijuan Liu , Yali Zhang , Xinle Li , Xiaogang Zhang , Jian Pu , Qin Xiong , Wen Shi , Zhongmin Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206459","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206459","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In traditional metal-on-polyethylene (MoP) implants, especially cobalt chrome molybdenum-ultra high molecular polyethylene (CoCrMo-UHMWPE) pairing, wear primarily occurs in the PE component. The wear particles from PE are considered a major cause of implant loosening and artificial joint failure. The development of oxidized zirconium-2.5 % niobium (Zr-2.5Nb) and zirconia-toughened alumina (ZTA) has shown promise in reducing wear and osteolysis risks. However, comparative studies on the wear mechanisms and wear particle characteristics of Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE, ZTA-UHMWPE, and CoCrMo-UHMWPE remain limited. In this study, Zr-2.5Nb, ZTA, and CoCrMo were selected and paired with UHMWPE as pairing materials. The wear mechanism was studied from the aspects of wear behavior and wear particle characterization at different contact pressures from 2 MPa to 4 MPa under multidirectional motion. The UHMWPE wear loss from Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE was 48 %, 27 %, and 18 % lower than that of CoCrMo-UHMWPE bearings at 2, 3, and 4 MPa. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the wear loss of UHMWPE from Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE and ZTA-UHMWPE at 2 MPa, but 34.5 % higher than that of ZTA-UHMWPE at 4 MPa. Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE exhibited a similar wear performance to ZTA-UHMWPE with no visible scratches on the surface of Zr-2.5Nb and ZTA, while multidirectional scratches appeared on the surface of CoCrMo. Moreover, the UHMWPE wear particles were consistent in size range and morphology, but different in quantity and size distribution at all loading conditions. The number of UHMWPE wear particles produced by the Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE pairing was 44 %–60 % lower than that of the CoCrMo-UHMWPE at 2, 3, and 4 MPa. However, the UHMWPE wear particles produced by Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE and ZTA-UHMWPE were very similar, which were 153 and 157 at 4 MPa, respectively. With increasing load, size distribution results revealed that the proportion of large-sized wear particles gradually increased for the three pairings. Notably, the UHMWPE wear particle from the Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE pairing exhibited the largest average particle size. Shape distribution analysis further indicated that the UHMWPE wear particle generated by the Zr-2.5Nb-UHMWPE pairing was predominantly fibrous in morphology, whereas that from the CoCrMo-UHMWPE pairing displayed the highest proportion of round and oval shapes. Based on the analysis of wear morphology and wear particle characteristics, the results showed that the wear mainly occurred in UHMWPE. Plastic deformation was the main cause of wear particle formation, and the wear mechanisms were adhesive wear and abrasive wear. This study compared the tribological behaviors of three typical pairings, providing a valuable understanding of artificial hip joint materials, which will contribute to optimizing orthopedic implant materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23970,"journal":{"name":"Wear","volume":"586 ","pages":"Article 206459"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145798143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206471
Hee Geon Lee , Min-Ki Ji , Hyun-Hak Kang , Hyun-sung Son , Tea-Sung Jun
This study investigates the wear behavior of Al-Si-coated 22MnB5 steel, with respect to coating quantity, during a simulated hot-stamping process. A strip-drawing tribometer was used to replicate the process. Specimens were prepared with three distinct coating quantities (AS40, AS80, and AS140) and were subjected to an identical heat treatment at 900 °C for 5 min. Under the specific contact pressure and sliding velocity conditions tested in this study, tribological tests revealed that specimens with higher coating quantities exhibited lower friction coefficients and increased tool weight. In contrast, specimens with lower coating quantities exhibited the opposite trend. The level of oxidation varied inversely with coating quantity, with lower coating quantities promoting greater iron oxide formation. As the coating quantity increased, the amount of residual aluminum (Al) available for alloying also increased. This variation in residual Al was a critical factor that dictated the reaction pathways of the diffused iron (Fe), which either formed intermetallic compounds or oxides. Our findings demonstrate that variations in the Al-Si coating quantity, followed by heat treatment, significantly influence the friction behavior, tool wear, Fe reaction pathways, and oxidation characteristics during the hot-stamping process.
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As a transformative engineering discipline, additive manufacturing has greatly improved rapid prototyping by dramatically reducing lead times, enabling mass production of complex material types and shapes, and offering unparalleled functionalities in intended applications. In this study, the material and tribological properties of 316L austenitic stainless steel produced through the laser-directed energy deposition (LDED) method are examined at multiple length scales. These analyses include material and tribological characterization, particularly on LDED-induced defects such as cavities containing unfused powders, porosities at micro-to-macro scales, and oxide-rich inclusions. Extensive wear tests using a linear reciprocating wear machine were carried out to evaluate how these defects influence the wear behavior of LDED-printed 316L against hardened 52100 steel balls under dry sliding conditions, specifically targeting the defective regions. The results revealed that oxide-rich inclusions, with a high average Vickers hardness of 855 HV, substantially impair the wear performance of steel balls used, increasing the volumetric wear loss of balls by approximately 130 %. This emphasizes the need to minimize such defects during LDED for superior tribological performance.
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The article discusses the application of information entropy to the quantitative assessment of abrasive particle distribution in the friction zone. Using discrete element modelling (DEM) and in-situ experiments, the interaction modes between sand particles moving between the surface of a rubber roller and a flat steel surface inclined at different angles were investigated. Shannon entropy was calculated based on visual analysis of the distribution of active particles in the friction zone and compared with the amount of abrasive wear. A stable correlation was found between the uniformity of distribution and the wear rate. It was demonstrated that as entropy increases, the system tends towards a steady state with a limit entropy value of H∞ ≈ 3.4. The method showed high sensitivity and suitability for assessing and predicting wear in tribological systems.
{"title":"The use of entropy to estimate the course of abrasive wear","authors":"Vrublevskyi Oleksandr, Ligier Krzysztof, Lemecha Magdalena","doi":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206444","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206444","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The article discusses the application of information entropy to the quantitative assessment of abrasive particle distribution in the friction zone. Using discrete element modelling (DEM) and in-situ experiments, the interaction modes between sand particles moving between the surface of a rubber roller and a flat steel surface inclined at different angles were investigated. Shannon entropy was calculated based on visual analysis of the distribution of active particles in the friction zone and compared with the amount of abrasive wear. A stable correlation was found between the uniformity of distribution and the wear rate. It was demonstrated that as entropy increases, the system tends towards a steady state with a limit entropy value of <em>H</em><sub><em>∞</em></sub> ≈ 3.4. The method showed high sensitivity and suitability for assessing and predicting wear in tribological systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23970,"journal":{"name":"Wear","volume":"586 ","pages":"Article 206444"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145693393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-10DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2025.206464
Aosong Li , Wendong Fang , Tongyue Liang , Sima A. Alidokht , Phuong Vo , Bertrand Jodoin , Richard R. Chromik
To investigate the effect of ceramic particle addition on the properties of cold sprayed MoS2-based metal matrix composite coatings, Cu-MoS2 and Cu-MoS2-TiC coatings were deposited using feedstocks containing 0 (CM), 15 (CM-15T), 30 (CM-30T) and 50 (CM-50T) wt% TiC, respectively, while maintaining a constant MoS2 ratio of 5.5 wt% relative to the combined Cu and MoS2 powders. The influence of TiC content on the coatings microstructure and mechanical properties was systematically evaluated. TiC addition led to a tamping effect that densified the coatings and enhanced plastic deformation of the Cu matrix, thereby improving cohesion strength as well as nano- and micro-hardness. However, MoS2 retention decreased in CM-30T and CM-50T. Polished coating surfaces were tested for reciprocating sliding wear using a ball-on-plate tribometer in dry air and nitrogen, with Al2O3 spheres as counterbodies. CM showed low coefficients of friction but the highest wear rate in both environments because of its inferior mechanical properties. In dry air, CM-15T demonstrated the lowest friction and superior wear resistance, attributed to its high MoS2 retention and improved mechanical properties. Mild abrasive wear in CM-15T suggested a significant reduction in adhesive wear which was dominant for the other coatings. In nitrogen, adhesive wear was minimal for all coatings. The high MoS2 content in CM-15T contributed to low coefficients of friction. CM-50T exhibited the lowest wear rate, benefiting from its high hardness, enhanced cohesion strength, and more retained TiC particles that facilitated the fast formation of hard tribo-layers. These findings highlight the interplay between tribological behavior, mechanical properties, tribo-oxidation, and third-body effects in metal matrix composite coatings incorporating solid lubricants and hard phases.
{"title":"Microstructure and third-body behavior of Cu-MoS2-TiC composite coatings deposited by cold spray","authors":"Aosong Li , Wendong Fang , Tongyue Liang , Sima A. Alidokht , Phuong Vo , Bertrand Jodoin , Richard R. Chromik","doi":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206464","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wear.2025.206464","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To investigate the effect of ceramic particle addition on the properties of cold sprayed MoS<sub>2</sub>-based metal matrix composite coatings, Cu-MoS<sub>2</sub> and Cu-MoS<sub>2</sub>-TiC coatings were deposited using feedstocks containing 0 (CM), 15 (CM-15T), 30 (CM-30T) and 50 (CM-50T) wt% TiC, respectively, while maintaining a constant MoS<sub>2</sub> ratio of 5.5 wt% relative to the combined Cu and MoS<sub>2</sub> powders. The influence of TiC content on the coatings microstructure and mechanical properties was systematically evaluated. TiC addition led to a tamping effect that densified the coatings and enhanced plastic deformation of the Cu matrix, thereby improving cohesion strength as well as nano- and micro-hardness. However, MoS<sub>2</sub> retention decreased in CM-30T and CM-50T. Polished coating surfaces were tested for reciprocating sliding wear using a ball-on-plate tribometer in dry air and nitrogen, with Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> spheres as counterbodies. CM showed low coefficients of friction but the highest wear rate in both environments because of its inferior mechanical properties. In dry air, CM-15T demonstrated the lowest friction and superior wear resistance, attributed to its high MoS<sub>2</sub> retention and improved mechanical properties. Mild abrasive wear in CM-15T suggested a significant reduction in adhesive wear which was dominant for the other coatings. In nitrogen, adhesive wear was minimal for all coatings. The high MoS<sub>2</sub> content in CM-15T contributed to low coefficients of friction. CM-50T exhibited the lowest wear rate, benefiting from its high hardness, enhanced cohesion strength, and more retained TiC particles that facilitated the fast formation of hard tribo-layers. These findings highlight the interplay between tribological behavior, mechanical properties, tribo-oxidation, and third-body effects in metal matrix composite coatings incorporating solid lubricants and hard phases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23970,"journal":{"name":"Wear","volume":"586 ","pages":"Article 206464"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145748878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}