TY - JOUR A1 - Rüthing, Justus A1 - Haupert, Frank A1 - Schmitz, Regine A1 - Sigrüner, Michael A1 - Strübbe, Nicole T1 - A new approach for the friction and wear characterisation of polymer fibres under dry, mixed and hydrodynamic sliding JF - Tribologie und Schmierungstechnik N2 - A new approach for the friction and wear characterisation of polymer fibres under dry, mixed, and hydrodynamic sliding conditions is developed. The production process of the tested polymer fibres is described and an introduction in fibre-reinforced concrete is given. Tribotesting is done on an optimised tribometer capable of measuring the friction and wear behaviour of polymer fibres with diameters of a few 100 µm under lubricated conditions. Three extruded polypropylene macro fibres with varying diameters are characterised under tribological conditions found in an industrial concrete mixing process. It is shown that detailed friction and wear data of polymer fibres can be gathered. KW - polymer-fibres KW - fibre reinforced concrete KW - Pin-on-Disc KW - abrasive wear KW - water lubrication KW - hyrodynamic sliding Y1 - 2022 UR - https://doi.org/10.24053/tus-2022-0034 VL - 69 IS - Sonderausgabe 2 SP - 18 EP - 25 ER -