Ceramic Tribology: Assessment of Needs in Measurement Methods and Standards

摘要

This report is a summary of discussion held at the Workshop on Tribological Test Devices and Procedures for Ceramics, which was convened to review ceramic wear test practices and to assess the prospects for agreement on standardized wear test methods and test machines. The workshop was held within a framework of six presentations intended to focus the discussion on specific wear testing issues. Wide-ranging views on wear testing and standardized wear tests were expressed and are presented in this report. Both positive and negative aspects of wear test standardization were discussed. By the close of the discussion of consensus developed that recognized the need for an feasibility of standardized wear tests but that also recognized a continued necessity for the use of nonstandard tests and test systems for research on fundamental wear mechanisms. The nonstandard test arrangements, however, should be well defined and the test conditions closely controlled. The suggestion was made that a small group initiate efforts to prepare test procedures and standards for review by the wear community. (ERA citation 11:028033)