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Time-Resolved Dynamic Friction Testing of a Polyurethane Foam Against a Polymer/Clay Nano-composite Under Impact Loading

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A new method based on the split Hopkinson pressure bar was developed to test the dynamic friction under impact loading. Time-resolved dynamic friction coefficient of a polyurethane foam against a polymer/clay nano-composite (PCN) was tested with the use of the new setup. In the experiments, the friction pair can be loaded by normal pressure and friction force simultaneously, and the time-resolved dynamic friction coefficient can be obtained without any assumptions and theoretical derivations. In addition, the interfacial slipping velocity was measured by a specially designed optical device. Two groups of dynamic friction experiments of polymer/PCN pairs were implemented, in which the effect of surface conditions and loading conditions was evaluated. The results show that the effect of surface roughness is obvious, while that of loading is unobvious.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11172328 and 11132012). The authors would like to thank Ms. Kunyuan Zhang for proofreading the paper.

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  1. College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, Hunan, China

    Yuliang Lin, Jingui Qin, Rong Chen & Fangyun Lu

  2. College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, Hunan, China

    Li Lu

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Lin, Y., Qin, J., Chen, R. et al. Time-Resolved Dynamic Friction Testing of a Polyurethane Foam Against a Polymer/Clay Nano-composite Under Impact Loading. Tribol Lett 56, 37–45 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-014-0398-9

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