Experimental Design on High-Speed Sliding Wear

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop, conduct, and analyze an experimental design that characterizes wear rates of various materials sliding at high speeds along an AISI 4340 steel rail. This work is in support of Holloman Air Force Base, which is invested in engineering a more wear-resistant rocket slipper for its high-speed test track. This research uses a design of experiments approach to systematically identify and evaluate potential slipper attributes that mitigate wear according to a heat transfer model. Final findings include recommendations of slipper materials that theoretically perform similar to or better than the baseline VascomaxC300(trademark) maraging steel material.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1172356

Entities

People

  • Irene D Liew

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Science
  • Dacron
  • Energy Transfer
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Design
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Specific Heat
  • Technical Ceramics
  • Thermal Conductivity

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).