Friction and wear characteristics due to stick-slip under fretting conditions

Friction and wear characteristics between two steel surfaces under fretting conditions are investigated experimentally. The fretting damage caused by low-amplitude oscillatory sliding can be classified into three regimes of gross-slip, mixed-slip, and partial-slip due to the stick-slip phenomenon. One of the most important characteristics of fretting wear is the transition from gross-slip to mixed-slip. Several criteria have been introduced for a quantitative determination of the transition between mixed slip and gross-slip. However, the transition criteria have some problems in determining the regimes because parameters are difficult to calculate or depend on the system. To introduce new transition criteria in this study, the phase difference between friction force and relative displacement is used to determine the transition and predict the fretting wear. It is found that the phase difference with a range of 0 degrees to 90 degrees can predict the onset of fretting conditions.