The effects of amplitudes, normal loads and laser beam quenching on the fretting wear of titanium alloy (TC11) were experimentally investigated on SRV fretting wear test machine in air, at room temperature and without...The effects of amplitudes, normal loads and laser beam quenching on the fretting wear of titanium alloy (TC11) were experimentally investigated on SRV fretting wear test machine in air, at room temperature and without lubrication conditions. The purpose of this study is to learn the rules of fretting wear in a disk blades dovetail joint of an aircraft turbine so the test parameters are determined based on the relative movement and load in the joint. The wear depths are measured by a profilometer, the worn areas are observed and measured by an optical microscopy, and the microtopography of the worn scar is studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) .The tests and observations state clearly that fretting wear rate (FWR) is heavily influenced by sliding amplitude(SA) and load. In this experiment, if SA is greater than 60 μm at Hertz contact stress 105 MPa, the FWR is much higher, and the SEM makes it known that the wear mechanism is the combination of adhesive and contact fatigue in the above test conditions. In contrast, if SA smaller, the FWR lower too, and the SEM suggests that the major wear mechanism is contact fatigue. The experiments also reveal that the laser beam quenching greatly improve the fretting wear resistance of titanium alloy, especially at heavy load and large amplitude.展开更多
文摘The effects of amplitudes, normal loads and laser beam quenching on the fretting wear of titanium alloy (TC11) were experimentally investigated on SRV fretting wear test machine in air, at room temperature and without lubrication conditions. The purpose of this study is to learn the rules of fretting wear in a disk blades dovetail joint of an aircraft turbine so the test parameters are determined based on the relative movement and load in the joint. The wear depths are measured by a profilometer, the worn areas are observed and measured by an optical microscopy, and the microtopography of the worn scar is studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) .The tests and observations state clearly that fretting wear rate (FWR) is heavily influenced by sliding amplitude(SA) and load. In this experiment, if SA is greater than 60 μm at Hertz contact stress 105 MPa, the FWR is much higher, and the SEM makes it known that the wear mechanism is the combination of adhesive and contact fatigue in the above test conditions. In contrast, if SA smaller, the FWR lower too, and the SEM suggests that the major wear mechanism is contact fatigue. The experiments also reveal that the laser beam quenching greatly improve the fretting wear resistance of titanium alloy, especially at heavy load and large amplitude.
