R.G. Bayer

TL;DR: In this article, a series of wear experiments utilizing a ball-plane configuration was performed to determine the influence of both the magnitude and anisotropy of the surface roughness on wear.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of 1,200 tests for various combinations of materials and lubricants have shown that wear can be eliminated for a given amount of time if the shear stress is kept below, a certain fraction of the yield point in shear of the weaker of the two metals.

TL;DR: In this article, a testing machine was built to aid in the study of wear occurring on surfaces of repetitively loaded solid bodies, where bullet-shaped projectiles are bounced against a metal surface which is either stationary or rotating about an axis parallel to the approach of the projectiles.

TL;DR: In this article, an electron microscope study of wear damage produced by sliding on a copper single crystal indicated the significance of surface fatigue in wear resulting from sliding under low stress conditions and compared the results of this study and an engineering model for wear previously proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented two models for wear prediction in sliding systems, the zero-wear model and the measurable wear model, which enables one to predict how wear which is greater than the surface finish will increase with increasing amounts of sliding.