A new type of composite material, stainless steel fiber and carbon fiber-reinforced polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK), was investigated to study its friction and wear properties and mechanisms. The friction materials containing 11 ingredients were hot-pressed and tested using a pad-on-disc type wear tester under unlubricated sliding friction and wear conditions at a constant sliding speed. The worn surface morphology was observed by Field-emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The role of transfer film was studied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to investigate the thermal decomposition of the friction material. The fade ratio of the composites was only 4.8%, the recovery ratio 107%, and the total wear ratio was as low as 0.99 3 10 27 cm 3 (N m) 21 , showing the perfect properties of heat stability and recovery, as well as high antiwear ability of the composites. Adherence abrasion and particle abrasion take place at higher temperature. A transfer film is formed, which may improve abrasive resistant performance to get stable friction coefficient and low abrasion value for composite friction materials.
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) cables were initially most investigated to replace steel cables. To further explore the advantages of FRP cables, the potential ability of vibration control is studied in this paper emphasizing the designable characteristic of hybrid FRP cables. Fiber reinforced vinyl ester composites and fiber reinforced epoxy composites were prepared by the pultrusion method. Due to the extensive application of fiber reinforced composites, the temperature spectrum and frequency spectrum of loss factor for the composite were tested using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) equipment. The damping properties and damping mechanism of the composite were investigated and discussed at different temperatures and frequencies. The result indicates that the loss factor of the composites is increasing with the increase of the frequency from 0.1Hz to 2 Hz and decreasing with the decrease of the temperature from -20℃ to 60℃. The loss factor of the carbon fiber composite is higher than that of the glass fiber for the same matrix. The loss factor of the vinyl ester composite is higher than that of the epoxy composite for the same fiber.
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