“…As a result of these studies, several equations (e.g. Finnie, 1960;Bitter, 1963;Rabinowicz, 1979), models (Head et al, 1973;Jennings et al, 1976;Hutchings, 1981) and suggested mechanisms (Hutchings, 1977;Christman & Shewmon, 1979;Finnie et al, 1979;Carter et al, 1980;Brainard & Salik, 1980;Brown et al, 1981) for the material removal process have been developed. In most normal impingement studies, material removal is related to the formation of small platelets (e.g.…”