Entropy (Oct 2019)

Relationship of Secondary Structures and Wear Resistance of Antifriction Aluminum Alloys for Journal Bearings from the Point of View of Self-Organization During Friction

  • Iosif Gershman,
  • Alexander Mironov,
  • Pavel Podrabinnik,
  • Ekaterina Kuznetsova,
  • Eugeniy Gershman,
  • Pavel Peretyagin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e21111048
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 11
p. 1048

Abstract

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The paper investigates the relationship between the tribological properties/compositions of new aluminum antifriction alloys and compositions of the secondary structures formed on their friction surfaces. Eight alloys with various compositions have been analyzed. The elemental compositions of the secondary structures on their friction surfaces have been determined. The relationship between the alloy secondary structure compositions with wear rate has been found. An attempt has been made to determine the secondary structure composition patterns based on the non-equilibrium thermodynamics and self-organization theory.

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