Assessment of Erosion Resistance of Coated Polymer Matrix Composites for Propulsion Applications

The erosion behavior of tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC-Co) coated and uncoated polymer matrix composites (PMCs) was examined with solid particle impingement using air jets. Erosion tests were conducted with Arizona Road Dust impinging at 20°, 60°, and 90° angles at a velocity of 229 m s^–1 at both 294 and 366 K. Noncontact optical profilometry was used to measure the wear volume loss. Results indicate that the WC-Co coating enhanced erosion resistance and reduced erosion wear volume loss by a factor of nearly 2. This should contribute to longer wear lives, reduced related breakdowns, decreased maintenance costs, and increased product reliability.     

Assessment of the erosion resistance of steels used for slurry handling and transport in mineral processing applications

The wear environment of steels used for containing, transporting and processing erosive mineral slurries is often such that fluid borne particles form a layer moving at high speed across the wearing surface. Information on the performance ranking of such materials is limited, particularly with respect to the influence of steel hardness and microstructure on the resistance to erosion. This is particularly important for the oil sands industry of Northern Alberta where handling and processing of essentially silica-based solids results in extremely severe wear conditions. This paper presents slurry erosion data obtained on 11 commercially available wear resistant plate and pipeline steels with hardness values up to 750 HV. These data were obtained using a Coriolis erosion tester operated at 5000 rpm with an aqueous slurry containing 10 wt.% of 200–300 μm silica sand particles.

The Coriolis erosion tester was selected because it provides a low-angle scouring action that simulates the erosive conditions encountered in oil sands and tailings pipeline transport and in some related processing operations. Results show that this test method is able to discriminate clearly between the erosion resistance of these steels, expressed in terms of specific energy (the energy necessary to remove unit volume of test material), with the most erosion resistant steel being more than five times superior to the least resistant. A graphical relation between steel hardness and erosion resistance is given. A comparison is also made between slurry erosion data and the performance of the materials in the ASTM G65 dry sand rubber wheel (DSRW) sliding abrasion test. Comments on the influence of the macro- and microstructures of the steels on their wear behaviour are included.     

Erosive wear of composite materials

The erosive wear behavior of selected polymer matrix composite materials was investigated using an erosion wear tester. Scanning electron microscopy was used to characterize the eroded surface. The results show that the erosive wear rates in these materials are at least an order of magnitude greater than that of low carbon steel. Of the composites tested, continuous graphite fiber-epoxy composites showed erosive wear that is typical of brittle materials (maximum wear rate when the impingement is normal to the surface), while continuous aramid fiber-epoxy and chopped graphite fiber-polyphenylene sulfide showed quasi-ductile behavior (maximum wear rate at 25°–45° impingement angle). These results are discussed in terms of the observed failure modes.     

聚氨酯陶瓷复合材料的抗冲蚀磨损性能研究

用聚四氢呋喃醚二醇和甲苯二异氰酸酯反应后，与陶瓷粉末进行共混，制得抗冲蚀磨损的聚氨酯复合材料。用相对抗冲蚀磨损性法评价了聚氨酯陶瓷复合材料的耐磨性，通过扫描电镜观察了聚氨酯复合材料的磨损形貌，解释了微米级陶瓷粉末增强聚氨酯的抗冲蚀磨损性能机理。结果表明，Si3N4粉末质量分数在5％～10％时，复合材料抗冲蚀磨损性能是聚氨酯的1．87倍，TiN聚氨酯复合材料抗冲蚀磨损性能是聚氨酯的2．81倍。     

陶瓷粉末种类对聚氨酯复合材料冲蚀磨损性能的影响

用聚四氢呋喃醚二醇(PTMG)、甲苯二异氰酸酯(TD I)反应,与不同种类的陶瓷粉末进行共混,制得耐磨蚀聚氨酯复合材料。评价了聚氨酯陶瓷复合材料的耐磨性,通过扫描电镜观察了聚氨酯陶瓷复合材料的磨损形貌,探讨了陶瓷粉末增强聚氨酯弹性体的磨损机制。结果表明:当—NCO含量为6.35%,Si3N4粉末、TiN粉末质量分数为10%时,耐磨性能最好,分别提高纯聚氨酯弹性体抗冲蚀磨损性能1.88倍和2.81倍。     

冲击形式产生的冲蚀、空蚀和腐蚀联合磨损试验研究

舰船等海洋运输装备在海水中行驶时,船体表面受到含沙海水的冲蚀磨损,舰船行驶速度变化引起的空蚀磨损,以及海水的腐蚀磨损,因此舰船表面材料的破坏形式是冲击式的冲蚀、空蚀和腐蚀联合磨损。为了研究联合磨损的影响因素,研制冲蚀、空蚀和腐蚀联合磨损试验台,并实验研究沙粒浓度、沙粒尺寸、含盐浓度以及冲蚀速度对45钢试件的联合磨损影响规律。实验结果表明:冲蚀、空蚀和腐蚀联合磨损程度强于冲蚀和空蚀交互磨损或单纯腐蚀磨损,在较低的沙粒浓度和较低的含盐浓度条件下,金属材料联合磨损质量损失与沙粒浓度、沙粒尺寸、含盐浓度和冲蚀速度均成正比关系。磨损面形貌分析表明:随着沙粒浓度、沙粒尺寸、含盐浓度、冲蚀速度的增加,试件表面的冲蚀沟和空蚀孔的磨痕深度和面积增大,而在人造海水中,试件表面不仅存在冲蚀沟和空蚀孔,还产生了腐蚀坑。     

Influence of impingement angle on solid particle erosion of carbon fabric reinforced polyetherimide composite

Polyetherimide (PEI) composite reinforced with plain weave carbon fabric (CF) (40% by volume) was developed and characterized for physical and mechanical properties. The erosive wear behaviour of PEI and its composite was evaluated using silica sand particles at a constant impact velocity but varying angles of impingement. It was confirmed that though all the mechanical properties of PEI improved substantially by CF reinforcement, the erosion resistance (W_R) deteriorated by a factor of almost four–six times at all angles of impingement. Both materials showed minimum wear at normal incidence (90° impingement). In spite of the fact that PEI is not a very ductile polymer (elongation to break-60%), it showed maximum wear at 15° which is a characteristic of ductile and semi-ductile mode of failure. The composite (elongation to break-1%) also showed highest wear at 30° (impingement at 15° was not studied). These phenomena were explained using scanning electron micrographs of the eroded surfaces.     

Some issues relating to the construction of materials selection maps for resistance to elevated temperature erosion

In studies of elevated temperature erosion, the performance of various materials has been investigated in a wide range of exposure conditions. Material performance has been shown to be dependent on erosion-corrosion conditions, determined by properties of the impacting particle, the temperature and the composition of the gaseous environment. Changes of the ranking order of wastage rates of various materials, as a function of the process conditions, is a common feature of the results to date. Such observations can make materials selection decisions, for elevated temperature erosion resistance, a fairly arbitrary exercise.In recent years, there has been significant interest in mapping the erosion of materials at elevated temperatures. Such maps demonstrate the transitions between the erosion regimes as a function of the main process parameters. More recently, for erosion of composite materials, they have also been used to identify the magnitude of the wastage rate.The object of this work has been to develop a simple rationale for construction of materials performance maps for exposure of materials to elevated temperature erosion conditions. The results used to construct the maps have been generated from literature on the performance of materials in laboratory simulated fluidized bed conditions. It is shown how ‘materials selection’ maps can be constructed for elevated temperature erosion resistance based on this approach.     

The Solid Particle Erosion Behavior of Carbon/Carbon and Carbon/Phenolic Composite Used in Re-entry Vehicles

Several engineering components made of carbon-based heat-resistant composites are subjected to severe erosive wear. In view of the above, the solid particle erosion behavior of two and four dimensionally reinforced carbon/carbon (C/C) composites as well as that of carbon/phenolic (C/P) composite has been characterized at the ambient temperature. The investigated C/C composites have been produced through a liquid-phase infiltration method followed by hot isostatic pressing, while the C/P composite prepegs have been cured inside an autoclave. The erosion rates of these composites have been determined for two different impact angles and two different impact velocities using silica sand with average particle diameter of 200 μm. The morphologies of as-received and eroded surfaces of test specimens have been examined with the help of scanning electron microscopy to understand the mechanism of material removal. The erosion response, erosion efficiency, and erosion micromechanisms of these composites have been studied in detail. While the erosion resistance of the C/P composite is found to be superior to that of the investigated C/C composites, the four dimensionally reinforced C/C composite have shown the highest erosion efficiency. All the composites have exhibited a semi-ductile erosion response. Their mechanical properties have little correlation with the erosion rates.     

Erosive Wear Mechanism of New SiC/SiC Composites by Solid Particles

A solid-particle erosive wear test by impinging silicon carbide (SiC) powders was carried out at room temperature over a range of median particle sizes of 425–600 μm, speed of 100 m/s and impact angle of 90° and assessed by wear measurements and scanning electron microscopy. Erosive wear behaviour was examined on newly fabricated nano-powder infiltration and transient eutectoid (NITE) SiC/SiC composites and two commercial composites by the chemical vapour infiltration (CVI) and NITE fabrication route. Microstructural observation was performed to examine the correlation between erosive wear behaviours and fabrication impurities. Conspicuous defects were observed in the prototype materials as the forms of porosity, fibre deformation, residual oxide, pyrolytic carbon (PyC) deformation, PyC cleavage, among others. Erosive wear behaviour was rather serious in the prototype of fabricated composites, which employ pre-SiC fibre and phenolic resin. Two dominant erosive wear mechanisms were observed: delamination of constituents, mainly caused by erosive crack propagation, and fragmentation and detachment of constituents, which usually resulted from erosive impact. A unit size of delamination was the most decisive factor affecting wear volume. The bonding strength of each constituent was mostly affected by various forms of porosities. Therefore, the fundamental cause and subsequent results must be carefully elucidated. The correlation of microstructural defect and wear behaviour was investigated with the aim of reducing dominant wear by improving fabrication conditions. The final product of the cost-effective composite had a 2.5-fold higher resistance than the commercial CVI composite. Consequently, by controlling fabrication impurities, we have been successful in developing and improving a new fabrication technique; consequently, the known defects are rarely observed in final product. A schematic wear model of erosive wear mechanisms is proposed for the newly fabricated SiC/SiC composites under particle erosion.     

Enhancement of wear resistance of ductile cast iron by Ni–SiC composite coating

Wear resistance of unalloyed ductile iron (Dl) can be enhanced either by heat treatment or by deposition of hard coating. The electrodeposition of Ni–SiC composite on unalloyed Dl (GGG 40) has been applied. The effect of operating conditions including current density and SiC content in the plating solution on the SiC incorporation in the deposited layer were studied. It was found that the volume percent of SiC particles in the composite layer increases with increasing current density and SiC content in the bath. The maximum SiC incorporation could be attained at optimum conditions; 60 g/1 of SiC particles in suspension, 5 A/dm², pH 5 and 50 °C. Also the results reveal that the particle inclusion in the coating layer depends mainly on the treatment process (activation with PdCI₂). The mechanical properties of the composite such as hardness and wear resistance were examined comparing with the uncoated substrate. The reinforced particles incorporated with Ni-matrix improve the hardness and wear resistance of coated Dl comparing with uncoated substrate.     

燃气轮机叶片的溅射中性粒子质谱分析研究

燃气轮机叶片涂层经腐蚀和冲蚀动态试验后，用溅射中性粒子质谱仪对其进行分析研究。分析结果为燃气轮机叶片涂层的耐磨耐磨蚀机理探讨和为涂层质量的比较提供了一种新的实验依据。     

Particle-surface interactions during the erosion of aluminide-coated MarM002

Particle-surface interactions during the erosion of a nickel aluminide coating were assessed using a single-impact technique. It is shown that the erosive response is a function of the surface scale thickness and the temperature, with the temperature not only influencing the surface scale plasticity but also determining the contribution of the coating substrate to the impact process. In this respect the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature of the coating is of particular importance.Under a wide range of conditions typical of those found in gas turbines the erosion of aluminide coatings is shown to be controlled by the formation and removal of surface scales. This implies that the use of aluminide coatings will increase the erosion resistance of typical turbine blade materials because of the superior oxidation and corrosion resistance of this coating. This increase in erosion resistance will be particularly significant at higher operating temperatures, above 900 °C.     

Wear Performance Forecasting of Chopped Fiber–Reinforced Polymer Composites: A New Approach Using Dimensional Analysis

Solid particle erosion of polymer matrix composites is a complex process in which wear occurs from the target surface by impingement of rigid sand particles in an air medium. The rate of material removal (RMR), also referred to as the erosion rate, mainly depends on target material parameters and the erosion conditions such as impact angle, impact velocity, and erodent size. A new semi-empirical model for prediction of the erosion rate of polymer matrix composites has been developed using a dimensional analysis technique based on Buckingham's π theorem. The predictive model analytically rests upon parameters related to chopped glass fiber composites, erodent (target material properties), and operating variables that mainly affect the erosion process of chopped glass fiber–vinyl ester resin composites. The forecasting ability of the predictive model has been assessed and verified by experimental investigations for chopped glass fiber–reinforced vinyl ester resin (VGF) composites. Validation of the theoretical erosion rates obtained from the predictive model showed that they were in good agreement with the experimentally determined erosion rates, where the average error range was estimated to be ～10 to ～20%.     

Friction and wear behaviors of MoS2/Zr coated HSS in sliding wear and in drilling processes

MoS2 metal composite coatings have been successful used in dry turning, but its suitability for dry drilling has not been yet established. Therefore, it is necessary to study the friction and wear behaviors of MoS2/Zr coated HSS in sliding wear and in drilling processes. In the present study, MoS2/Zr composite coatings are deposited on the surface of W6Mo5Cr4V2 high speed steel(HSS). Microstructural and fundamental properties of these coatings are examined. Ball-on-disc sliding wear tests on the coated discs are carried out, and the drilling performance of the coated drills is tested. Test results show that the MoS2/Zr composite coatings exhibit decreases friction coefficient to that of the uncoated HSS in sliding wear tests. Energy dispersive X-ray(EDX) analysis on the wear surface indicates that there is a transfer layer formed on the counterpart ball during sliding wear processes, which contributes to the decreasing of the friction coefficient between the sliding couple. Drilling tests indicate that the MoS2/Zr coated drills show better cutting performance compared to the uncoated HSS drills, coating delamination and abrasive are found to be the main flank and rake wear mode of the coated drills. The proposed research founds the base of the application of MoS2 metal composite coatings on dry drilling.     

聚氨酯/TiO2纳米复合材料冲蚀磨损特性研究

以纳米TiO2作为填料,制备耐磨蚀聚氨酯纳米复合材料.用相对抗磨损性法评价了聚氨酯纳米复合材料的冲蚀磨损性,通过扫描电镜观察聚氨酯纳米复合材料的磨损形貌,尝试解释纳米TiO2增强聚氨酯复合材料抗含沙冲蚀磨损性能的机理.试验结果表明,纳米粒子均匀分散于聚氨酯中,使聚氨酯弹性体耐磨蚀性得以提高.聚氨酯/TiO2纳米复合材料的抗冲蚀磨损性能分别是45#钢的10.67倍,2Cr13钢的6倍,纯聚氨酯的1.28倍,TiN/聚氨酯复合材料的1.09倍.     

螺旋槽水润滑橡胶合金轴承沙粒侵蚀磨损研究

螺旋槽水润滑橡胶轴承橡胶面的破坏除了与运动轴直接接触造成磨损外,水中泥沙颗粒等污染物对水润滑橡胶的侵蚀磨损也是影响水润滑橡胶工作面的主要破坏方式。对液-固两相流中固体颗粒的受力情况进行分析;借助于Finne磨损基本数学模型,对不同转速、不同大小沙粒和水组成的流场进行分析,得到内部颗粒随液态流场变化的趋势;对中高转速下颗粒对壁面磨损的过程和位置进行初步的预测。结果表明,在不同转速下,不同粒子对橡胶面不同位置的侵蚀磨损是显著不同的:低转速下,接近层流状态时,对承载面的磨损较大;高转速下,流体呈现紊流状态,并在导流槽内出现独立的漩涡现象,导致颗粒在漩涡内聚集,从而造成漩涡面的磨损侵蚀较大。螺旋槽结构导致流场内漩涡出现,对于排污具有较好的作用。     

Particle erosion of cemented carbides with low Co content

Cemented carbides are well known for their high erosion resistance and are therefore used in many demanding applications involving erosion, such as grit blasting nozzles. A number of investigations on the erosive wear resistance of conventional cemented carbides have been published. The present paper is aimed at investigating the erosion resistance of a series of modern cemented carbides containing no or very small amounts of Co, so-called binderless carbides, and relating their performance to conventional sorts.

A series of binderless carbides with varying grain size (0.6, 2 and 5 μm) and binder content (0.25 and 1 wt.%) has been tested. The materials were eroded by SiC particles of three sizes (80, 200 and 600 μm) from four angles (90, 70, 50 and 30°) with a velocity of 70 m/s. Three conventional WC-Co grades of corresponding grain sizes were also tested, under identical test conditions.

The materials are ranked with respect to their erosion rate and scanning electron microscopy is used to analyse the worn surfaces. The influence of carbide grain size and binder amount on the wear behaviour is discussed.     

Experimental and Simulation Studies on the Solid-Particle Erosion of WC-MgO Composites

This article reports our recent studies on WC-4.3 wt% MgO composites with a particular interest in the effect of grain-growth inhibitors (VC and Cr₃C₂) addition on its resistance to erosive wear. It is shown that the maximum erosion rate of the WC-MgO composite occurred at an impingement angle of 90°. With the addition of the grain-growth inhibitors (0.25 wt% VC and 0.25 wt% Cr₃C₂), the erosion resistance increased, particularly profound at the impingement angle of 90°, due to refined microstructures with improved mechanical properties. In addition, computational simulation based on a microscale dynamic model was conducted to investigate the effects of the grain boundary strength and grain size on the erosion resistance of the WC-MgO composites in order to better understand the microstructural effect on the erosive performance of the composites. It is demonstrated that the grain refinement with weak grain boundary strength has a negative effect on the erosion resistance.     

Study on cutting forces and experiment of MoS2/Zr-coated cemented carbide tool

MoS₂/Zr composite films were deposited on the cemented carbide YT14 (WC+14%TiC+6%Co) by medium-frequency magnetron sputtered coupled with multi-arc ion plating techniques. The thickness, micro-hardness, and coating/substrate adhesion strength of the coatings were tested. Surface morphologies of the composite coatings, as well as wear features, were investigated by scanning electron microscopy. Dry machining tests on hardened steel were carried out with the coated tool and uncoated YT15 tool. The variation of cutting forces for 45# hardened steel was tested by the Kistler force tester. The result shows that the cutting forces of coated tool were decreased by 25–30%, and flank wear resistance was improved by 30–35% in comparison with the uncoated YT15 tool. Through the analysis of cutting force distribution theory, the lower mean shear stress on the MoS₂/Zr-coated tool face leads to the decrease of cutting force and increase of tool wear resistance.