Polymer Wear and Its Control

Content: Contact deformation and static friction of polymers : influences of viscoelasticity and adhesion / Horst Czichos --
Fracture energetics and surface energetics of polymer wear / Lieng-Huang Lee --
Joint role of interfacial forces and viscoelastic effects in polymer adhesion and wear / Robert J. Good and Fereydoun Shoraka --
Fatigue wear of polymers / N.S. Eiss, Jr. and J.R. Potter, III --
A fatigue-abrasive wear mechanism for polymeric surfaces / T.S. Chow --
Various approaches in controlling the wear of polymers / Lieng-Huang Lee --
Modification of polymer surfaces by plasma treatment and plasma polymerization / H.K. Yasuda --
Effect of temperature on the friction and wear of some heat-resistant polymers / Kyuichiro Tanaka and Yoshinori Yamada --
Polysiloxane-silica hybrid resins as abrasion-resistant coatings for plastic substrates / H.L. Vincent, D.J. Kimball, and R.R. Boundy --
Effect of chemical structure on the friction and wear of polyimide thin films / J.W. Jones and N.S. Eiss, Jr. --
Wear of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) : a maverick or not / B.J. Briscoe --
Influence of counterface topography on the wear of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene under wet or dry conditions / D. Dowson, M.M. El-Hady Diab, B.J. Gillis, and J.R. Atkinson --
Theory of rubber abrasion by a line contact / S.W. Zhang --
Molecular features of transfer fragments when high-density polyethylene rubbed against metals / V.A. Belyi and V.V. Nevzorov --
Penetration of metallic femoral components into polymeric tibial components observed in a knee joint simulator / D. Dowson, B.J. Gillis, and J.R. Atkinson --
Wear characteristics of articular cartilage : effects of time-varying loads and intermittent sliding / Harold Lipshitz --
Role of fillers in the friction and wear behavior of high-density polyethylene / S. Bahadur and D. Tabor --
Tribology of fiber-reinforced polyimides sliding against steel and silicon nitride / Paul Sutor --
Characterization and measurement of polymer wear / Donald H. Buckley and Paul R. Aron --
Wear of polymers in the pin-on-disk configuration / B.J. Briscoe and T.A. Stolarski --
Relating laboratory wear testing to the in-service wear of polymers / J.C. Anderson and P.K. Williamson --
Standardization of laboratory methods to evaluate friction behavior of polymer-based materials / A.I. Sviridyonok and Yu. E. Kirpichenko --
Deterioration processes of polymeric materials and their influence on the durability of reinforced concrete / Toshio Fukushima and Kenji Motohashi --
Effect of the degree of crystallinity on friction and wear of poly(ethylene terephthalate) / Yoshinori Yamada and Kyuichiro Tanaka --
Wear of poly(ethylene terephthalate) monofilaments / B.J. Briscoe, T.K. Wee, A. Winkler, and M.J. Adams --
Quantitation of nonvolatile components from the photochemical decomposition of poly(ethylene terephthalate) / S. Krishnan, S.B. Mitra, P.M. Russel, and G. Benz.