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 - 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 - CONF A1 - Hausberger, A. A1 - Major, Z. A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas A1 - Schwarz, T. T1 - Investigation on the friction and wear behaviour of thermoplastic polyurethanes by controlling the adhesion and deformation part of friction T2 - ECOTRIB 2017 N2 - In this work, unfilled and graphite filled TPU materials were used to investigate the contribution of the adhesion and deformation component of friction. Pin-on-Disc tests were conducted in the air and under vacuum condition by using different surface roughness. T2 - 6. European Conference on Tribology CY - Ljubljana, Slovenia DA - 07.06.2017 KW - TPU KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Adhesion KW - Deformation KW - Vacuum PY - 2017 SP - 4.02 - 1 EP - 4.02 - 2 AN - OPUS4-40763 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Friction and wear behaviour of graphite filled polymer composites in hydrogen environment JF - Tribology online N2 - High performance polymer composites have been intensively investigated for tribological applications in air, but rarely in hydrogen environment. Author's previous benchmark of composites in liquid hydrogen (LH2) showed that graphite filled polymers have beneficial friction behaviour in this extreme condition. Therefore, further investigations have been undertaken in hydrogen environment. This paper presents first results obtained with polyimide composites filled with different types (natural, synthetic) and amounts of graphite in air, vacuum and hydrogen environments. A particular attention is taken to the influence of hydrogen on graphite as well as on the polymer matrix. KW - Polymer composites KW - Polyimide KW - Graphite KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Hydrogen environment KW - Vacuum PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.2474/trol.10.207 SN - 1881-2198 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 207 EP - 212 CY - Tokyo, Japan AN - OPUS4-33554 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brice, H. A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Frictional behavior of material couples in superconducting MRI magnet systems at 4.2 K JF - IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity N2 - Windings in superconducting magnets operating at 4.2 K are highly susceptible to quenching caused by small frictional heat inputs. Small movements in the magnet system are inevitable during ramping due to the increasing electromagnetic forces. Friction pairs of polymer based materials have been investigated at 4.2 K to gain an understanding of their sliding behavior in conditions representative of superconducting MRI systems. The results indicate that polymer-polymer pairs experience unstable sliding behavior with repeated stick-slip whereas polymer-aluminum couples have stable sliding behavior up to high contact pressures of 20 MPa. KW - Cryotribology KW - Friction KW - MRI magnets KW - Stick-slip PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2011.2175683 SN - 1051-8223 VL - 22 IS - 3 SP - 4400204-1 - 4400204-4 PB - Inst. CY - New York, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-26384 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weihnacht, V. A1 - Makowski, S. A1 - Brückner, A. A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Tribologie und Anwendung trocken laufender ta-C-Schichten JF - Tribologie und Schmierungstechnik KW - Tribologie KW - Verschleißschutzschichten KW - ta-C KW - DLC KW - Reibung KW - Verschleiß KW - Trockenreibung KW - Vakuumtribologie KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Dry-running condition KW - Vacuum tribology PY - 2012 SN - 0724-3472 VL - 59 IS - 6 SP - 41 EP - 44 PB - Expert Verlag CY - Renningen AN - OPUS4-28004 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Friction and wear of PEEK composites in vacuum environment JF - Wear N2 - The sliding performance of PEEK composites was investigated in vacuum environment. Tests were performed with carbon fibre reinforced PEEK composites filled with PTFE, and MoS2 or graphite as further solid lubricant. Polymer samples were tested in a pin-on-disc configuration continuously sliding against CrNi-steel. Depending on sliding speed and temperature, the MoS2 filled composites showed high wear resistance and friction coefficients as low as PVD coatings. KW - PEEK composites KW - Vacuum KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - MoS2 KW - Graphite PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2010.04.007 SN - 0043-1648 VL - 269 IS - 3-4 SP - 278 EP - 284 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-22046 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - MoS2-filled PEEK composite as a self-lubricating material for aerospace applications T2 - 40th Aerospace mechanisms symposium (Proceedings) T2 - 40th Aerospace mechanisms symposium CY - Cocoa Beach, FL, USA DA - 2010-05-12 KW - PEEK composite KW - MoS2 KW - Friction KW - Ultra high vacuum KW - Aerospace PY - 2010 IS - NASA/CP-2010-216272 SP - 347 EP - 351 CY - Hanover, MD, USA AN - OPUS4-22047 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrich, K. A1 - Klein, P. A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Ye, L. A1 - Mai, Y.W. T1 - PEEK- and PTFE- Based Composites for Tribology Applications in a Range between Liquid Helium and Room Temperature JF - Key engineering materials N2 - This study deals with the development of PEEK (polyehteretherketone) and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) 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 CF), 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 - Composites KW - Tribology KW - PEEK KW - PTFE KW - Temperature KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2007 SN - 1013-9826 VL - 334-335 SP - 597 EP - 600 PB - Trans Tech Publ. CY - Aedermannsdorf AN - OPUS4-15045 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -