Wear of composites ? tires

Abstract

The issue of wear represents a very important role in the functionality of most products. The description of the wear process for very heavily strained rubber products, for instance off-road tire treads, conveyor belts for stone transport etc., is very essential. Sharp edges of stones and terrain roughness gradually cut (chip) off rubber parts. This wear considerably damages separate parts of the product and destroy it. In technical terminology, we call this type of wear CHIP ? CHUNK effect. High-speed video camera, enabling recording and evaluation of the behaviour of ceramic tool when dropped on the surface of revolving testing rubber sample, was used for detailed analysis of the wear process.