The effects of surface modification treatments such as shot peening, ion implantation (carbon and nitrogen), surface lubrication (soft coating), laser gas nitriding and various combinations thereof, on the fretting fatigue resistance of Ti-6Al-4V have been investigated. The best of these surface treatments appears to be shot peening. While ion implantation improves the base metal fretting fatig...

Fretting is known to be a major cause of contact deterioration and failure, particularly in tin-plated contacts. During fretting the contact resistance generally increases slowly with time. Superimposed on this slow increase in contact resistance are rapid changes in contact resistance within fractions of a second, called intermittences or short duration discontinuities. Although intermittences...

Abstract Impact–sliding caused by random vibrations between tubes and supports can affect the operation of heat exchangers. In addition, a corrosive environment cause damage, accelerating synergism corrosion wear. Therefore, focus this work was impact–sliding fretting tribocorrosion behavior 316L exchanger at different halide concentrations. A device system incorporating in situ electrochemical...

Fuel elements (fuel rods) and spacer grids are the main of fuel assembly a nuclear reactor. Friction forces affect strength at all stages its life cycle. The paper presents methods results pre-reactor experimental studies static dynamic processes involving friction forces. These include manufacturer’s factory, hydrodynamic vibration rods fretting corrosion in “fuel cell” nodes spacing grid, mov...

Shot peening with steel shot followed by a cleaning process with glass beads is commonly used as surface finish in the production of modular hip endoprostheses. The induced compressive residual stresses increase the resistance against fatigue and fretting fatigue. The surface roughness can be adjusted in a range that enhances the physiological acceptance I compatibility of monolithic ~rnplants....

Failures of externally driven compressor crankshafts may sometimes be due to fretting induced fatigue cracks. Fretting is a degradation process which occurs between two faying surfaces where the relative motion between the components is very small. Discoloration, fine o~ide powder, and shallow surface pitting are the definitive signs of fretting and hence relative motion between components. Fra...

Damage and plastic deformation accumulation in fretting fatigue occurs within a depth of a few crystallographic grains. Therefore, more accurate assumptions concerning length scale, damage volume, and the material model are needed to establish a more solid physical foundation necessary for next generation fretting fatigue damage prediction. Major thrusts include: (1) development and implementat...

In this paper, a review of some techniques proposed in the literature for modelling fretting wear is presented. Fretting wear occurs when surfaces are degraded and materials are removed due to a small relative oscillatory motion between two contact surfaces. Due to the continuous change in the shape of a structure during its lifetime, the design of engineering components subjected to fretting w...

Electrical contacts, although critically important for a wide range of applications, are susceptible to degradation due fretting corrosion, especially when sliding and vibrations occur. To overcome corrosion wear, lubricants often used. However, the use can cause other detrimental issues. Lubricants usually consist non-conductive fluids such as hydrocarbons fluorocarbons. Due fluid dynamics, sl...

Application of surface modification methods is expected to be a supreme solution to diminishing fretting damage. In this study, our aim was to improve the fretting fatigue life of Al7075-T6 alloy by covering it with a TiN thin film hard coating using the magnetron sputtering technique. Coated specimens with the best surface hardness, adhesion strength and roughness were tested with a rotating b...