Em. Kopalinsky et Plb. Oxley, INVESTIGATION OF THE DEFORMATION AND DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY A WEARING SURFACE IN SLIDING METALLIC FRICTION, Journal of tribology, 117(2), 1995, pp. 315-320
It is shown how the characteristic deformation observed in wearing sur
faces can be explained in terms of the wave model of asperity deformat
ion. Possible explanations of the damage sustained by the surface with
repeated wave passes, which eventually results in wear particles bein
g formed, are given by considering the strain cycle undergone by mater
ial as it flows through the wave.