B N J Persson 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 485001 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/48/485001
B N J Persson
Show affiliationsRubber wear typically involves the removal of small rubber particles from the rubber surface. On surfaces with not too sharp roughness, e.g. most road surfaces, this involves (slow) crack propagation. In this paper I shall present a theory of mild rubber wear. I shall derive the distribution of wear particle sizes Φ(D), which is in excellent agreement with experiment. I shall also show that the calculated wear rate is consistent with experimental data for tire tread block wear.
62.20.Qp Friction, tribology, and hardness
62.20.M- Structural failure of materials
81.40.Np Fatigue, corrosion fatigue, embrittlement, cracking, fracture, and failure
Soft matter, liquids and polymers
Issue 48 (2 December 2009)
Received 17 January 2009, in final form 18 June 2009
Published 30 October 2009
B N J Persson 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 485001
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