TY - JOUR A1 - Harsha, A. P. A1 - Wäsche, Rolf A1 - Joyce, T. J. T1 - Wear of biopolymers under reciprocating sliding conditions against different counterfaces JF - Polymer Engineering and Science N2 - In the present work it was shown the investigation of wear resistance of ultrahigh-molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) against different counterfaces. Friction and wear studies were evaluated under dry reciprocating sliding conditions at room temperature. KW - Biopolymers KW - Wear KW - Friction KW - UHMWPE PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.25239 VL - 59 IS - 11 SP - 2356 EP - 2366 PB - Society of Plastics Engineers AN - OPUS4-49779 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Géraldine A1 - Harsha, A. P. A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - On the sliding wear behavior of PEAK composites in vacuum environment JF - Journal of Tribology N2 - The tribological behavior of neat and filled PEEK and PEKK composites were compared in air and vacuum conditions. Very low friction and wear coefficient were obtained at low sliding speed while severe wear occurred at high speed. Experimental results are discussed by analysing the transfer film and wear debris. KW - PEAK KW - Composites KW - Wear KW - Friction KW - Vacuum PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4042271 SN - 0022-2305 SN - 0742-4787 VL - 141 IS - 4 SP - 044502-1 EP - 044502-7 PB - ASME AN - OPUS4-47298 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -