An experimental study of the tribological behaviour of the brass/steel pair

This paper presents a study of the behaviour of the brass/steel pair in the presence of friction and wear. A plan of experiments, based on the techniq ues of Taguchi, was performed on a pin-on-disc machine. The objective was t o establish a correlation between load, sliding velocity and temperature in contact with the wear and coefficient of friction. These correlations were obtained by multiple linear regression. Finally, confirmation tests were p erformed to make a comparison between the foreseen results from the mention ed correlations and the experimental results. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A . All rights reserved.