Evaluation and Visualization of Surface Properties of Tribo-Materials

Abstract

The development of new tribo-materials will accelerate the progress of tribological performance, and thus it is very important to clarify the mechanical characteristics of tribo-materials and determine the positioning of the mechanical properties. Here, the positioning of the mechanical properties of the various materials means a ranking of intrinsic material properties such as Young’s modulus, hardness, fracture toughness and so on. From this background, researches have been conducted on “Micro Slurry-jet Erosion; MSE” method, focusing on the accumulation of data regarding the mechanical characteristics of material surfaces for thin films, ceramics, resins and so on. Material positioning in the MSE maps obtained by the erosion rates of the MSE tests for various materials are demonstrated and discussed.