Date of Award
3-10-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering
Department
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
First Advisor
Anthony N. Palazotto, PhD
Abstract
The goal of this research is to study sliding contact wear of test sled slippers at high velocities. Experimentation representative of the slippers is infeasible, so numerical studies are used. An Eulerian-Lagrangian hydrocode called CTH is used to study mechanical wear. Failure criteria have been established to evaluate the stresses and strains resulting from the hydrocode simulation of a single asperity collision. The results from the hydrocode simulations are scaled to account for slipper bounce and multiple asperities, and these results produce total wear values that are approximately 90% of total experimental wear. Slipper thermodynamics have also been evaluated. The fraction of frictional heating energy entering the slipper has been evaluated, and an average value of approximately 0.125 has been determined. Total wear for a slipper reaching 3,000 m/s and following a typical slipper velocity profile has been evaluated to range from 3 to 6% of the total slipper volume.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GAE-ENY-10-M16
DTIC Accession Number
ADA517645
Recommended Citation
Meador, Stephen P., "Consideration of Wear Rates at High Velocities" (2010). Theses and Dissertations. 2047.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/2047