44542 2018 eng 1 11 29 6 article MDPI 0 -- -- -- In the present work an approach is presented which combines various aspects of the former models with probability considerations. It is used to simulate the impact of more than one billion Alumina particles onto a steel substrate. This approach permits the simulation of an entire erosion experiment on an average PC within about six hours. Lubricants 10.3390/lubricants6010029 Dirk Spaltmann Mathias Woydt eng uncontrolled Particle erosion eng uncontrolled Wear eng uncontrolled DEM eng uncontrolled FEM eng uncontrolled Monte-Carlo simulation eng uncontrolled Alumina Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten Verlagsliteratur Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access")