Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference (한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집)
- 1998.04a
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- Pages.55-63
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- 1998
Fretting Wear Characteristics of Zircaloy-4 Tube in Light Water
경수중에서 지르칼로이-4 튜브의 프레팅 마멸특성
Abstract
The fretting wear characteristics of Zircaloy-4 tube in light water were investigated experimentally. A fretting wear tester was designed to be suitable for this fretting test. This study was focused on the effects due to the combination of normal load, slip amplitude and number of cycles as the main factors of fretting. The results of this study showed that the wear volume increased abruptly at slip amplitude above 100$\mu$m, which is defined as critical slip amplitude of Zircaloy-4 tube in light water, and that under 160$\mu$m the wear volume decreased as load increased at the same slip amplitude.