TY - CHAP A1 - Friedrich, K. A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Klein, P. ED - Sinha, S. K. T1 - Chapter 9: Polymer composites for tribological applications in a range between liquid helium and room temperature T2 - Handbook of polymer tribology N2 - This chapter deals with the development of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based composites, optimized for low friction and low wear performance under extreme environments. It is demonstrated that the incorporation of a harder polymer component into PTFE (such as PEEK particles), a short fiber reinforcement (e.g. carbon fibers (CFs)) and internal lubricants (e.g. PTFE particles) helps to reduce the friction and to improve the wear resistance over a very wide temperature range. KW - Polymer composites KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Cryogenic temperature PY - 2018 SN - 978-981-3227-78-1 SN - 978-981-3227-80-4 SP - 307 EP - 343 PB - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. AN - OPUS4-46321 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker A1 - Elert, Anna Maria A1 - Weidner, Steffen T1 - Effects of UV radiation on the friction behavior of thermoplastic polyurethanes JF - Polymers Testing N2 - The effects of weathering exposure on unfilled and filled thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) materials are described as performed under different humidity conditions. For this purpose, a weathering device was used with UV-A 340 nm lamps at a constant temperature of 40 °C. The effects of environmental (UV and humidity condition) degradation on the frictional properties of TPU materials are presented along with surface analyses to characterize the chemistry of the degradative process. Photooxidative degradation of unfilled polymer leads to deterioration of physical and mechanical properties, which affects its tribological behavior significantly. Due to crosslinking, the stiffness of the material increases, reducing drastically the friction coefficient of unfilled TPUs. The frictional behavior of glass fiber reinforced TPU is less affected by radiation. KW - Photooxidation KW - UV radiation KW - Friction KW - TPU KW - Humidity PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.08.006 SN - 0142-9418 SN - 1873-2348 VL - 70 SP - 467 EP - 473 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-45709 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hausberger, A. A1 - Major, Z. A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Observation of the adhesive - and deformation - contribution to the friction and wear behaviour of thermoplastic polyurethanes JF - Wear N2 - In this study unfilled and graphite filled thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) were investigated in tribological pin-on-disc tests. KW - TPU KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Adhesion KW - Deformation KW - Vacuum PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2018.07.006 SN - 0043-1648 SN - 1873-2577 VL - 412-413 SP - 14 EP - 22 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-45897 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -