Design and Construction of a State-of-the-Art High Temperature Tribometer

摘要

High temperature ceramic tribology is one of the fastest growing and least understood areas in tribology. The need to understand the mechanisms of friction and wear for ceramic materials is critical. Ceramic materials are being utilized to tool development, bearing design, materials development for low-heat-rejection diesels, automotive gas turbines, Stirling engines, and aerospace applications. The development of a ceramics industry capable of manufacturing high technology wear resistant ceramics is essential in the United States, or the United States will lose a substantial market to an already rapidly growing foreign market.