• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2006

Fretting corrosion widely known as a degradation mechanism refers to the combination of fretting wear and corrosion such as oxidation. This paper critically reviews the works published previously on fretting corrosion of electrical connectors. Various experimental approaches such as testing machines, material selection, testing environments, acceleration testing techniques and preventing methods are addressed. Future research prospects are suggested.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.146-155
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• 2014

In this study, we conduct fretting corrosion tests on tin-plated brass coupons to investigate the effect of temperature on fretting corrosion for various span amplitudes. We prepare a coupled fretting corrosion specimens using a tin-plated brass coupon with a thickness of $10{\mu}m$. One specimen is a flat coupon and the other specimen is a coupon with a protuberance in 1 mm radius, which is produced using 2 mm diameter steel ball. We conduct fretting corrosion tests at $25^{\circ}C$, $50^{\circ}C$, $75^{\circ}C$, $100^{\circ}C$ by rubbing the coupled coupons together at the contact between the flat and protuberance coupons. We measure electric resistance of the contact during the fretting corrosion test period. There is increase in resistance with fretting cycles. It is found that rate of increase in electric resistance becomes faster with increase in testing temperature. Magnitude of friction coefficient increases with fretting span amplitudes. And, change in friction coefficient becomes desensitized to the increment in span amplitude. Assuming that failure cycle is the cycle with an electric resistance of $0.01{\Omega}$, we find that failure lifetime ($N_f$) decreases with increase in testing temperature. Furthermore, based on the assumption that the damage rate of the connector is inversely related to the failure cycle, we calculate the activation energy for fretting damage to be 13.6 kJ/mole by using the Arrhenius equation. We propose a method to predict failure cycle at different temperatures for span amplitudes below $30{\mu}m$. Friction coefficients generally increase with increase in span amplitude and decrease in testing temperature.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.88-94
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• 2016

We conduct a series of fretting corrosion tests on tin-coated electric contact to evaluate the effects of lubricant on fretting corrosion behavior. We perform these tests with a constant contact force at 25℃ 50℃, 75°C, and 100℃. In the tests with a span amplitude of 30 μm, we could not determine the conventional behavior of the first, second, and third stages of the change in electric resistance during fretting corrosion and observed that the contact resistance continuously increases with the cycles. This behavior is due to the fact that the generation of oxides on the tin-coated contact is controlled and stabilized by the presence of lubricant. SEM observations on samples with a span amplitude of 77 μm at all testing temperatures confirm that there is less oxide debris on the fretting damaged surface. Hence, for tin-coated electric connector, the effect of lubrication on the lifetime of the electric contact increases as the fretting span decreases and testing temperature increases, compared to those for connector without lubricant. Especially, for a specimen with a span amplitude of 30 μm at 100℃, the increment in contact lifetime due to lubricant is found to be more than 20 times, compared to that without lubricant.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 힌지재인 SM20C, YBsC3 및 STC4H재에 대하여 공기 및 여러 가지 부식환경중에서 이종금속간의 찰과마멸부식실험을 실시하여, 이종금속간의 찰과마멸부식특성에 미치는 환경조건의 영향을 연구하였으며, 주요 결론은 다음과 같다. 1) 이동측 금속인 SM20C의 찰과마멸부식에 미치는 지하수의 영향은 STC4H에서 더 민감하고 YBsC3에서는 둔화된다. 2) STC4H의 찰과마멸부식에 미치는 지하수의 영향은 작지만, $0.5\%\;H_2SO_4$ 및 $0.5\%HNO_3$ 용액중에서 더 크게 된다. 3) 이동측 SM20C의 찰과마멸부식은 $3.5\%\;NaCl$, $0.5\%\;H_2SO_4$ 및 $0.5\%\;HNO_3$ 용액중에서보다 지하수중에서 가장 작게 나타났다. 4) 시간이 경과함에 따라 찰과마멸부식에 미치는 영향은 $0.5\%\;HNO_3$ 용액중에서는 증가하지 $0.5\%\;H_2SO_4$ 용액중에서는 둔화된다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.653-658
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• 2008

자동차에 적용되는 각종 전자 부품의 복잡도는 21세기를 맞이하면서 급속도로 변화하고 있다. 특히, 각종 전기, 전자 시스템의 급증은 자동차의 안전과 직결되는 문제로 인식되고 있다. 차량의 전장 및 전자부품을 연결해주는 커넥터는 인간의 신경망과 같아서 조그마한 접촉 불량도 차량의 운전에 심각한 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 차량의 진동과 커넥터 단자의 열 변형으로 인한 프레팅 부식은 산화막을 형성하여 접촉저항을 증가시키고 특히 산화층은 진접촉면적의 감소와 상승저항 등 터널 효과에서 급격한 상승을 보이는 결과로 제어신호를 왜곡하여 작동기의 동작오류를 초례한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 프레팅 부식 현상을 검증하기 위한 주석으로 도금된 구리 커넥터에 스텝핑 모터를 사용하여 일정한 변위를 갖는 미세 진동을 유발하여 프레핑 부식의 진행과 접촉저항의 변화를 고찰하여 이에 대한 대비책을 강구하고자 한다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2014

Fretting corrosion tests are conducted with a constant displacement amplitude using silver-plated brass coupons to investigate the effect of contact pressure on fretting corrosion. Three behaviors are identified based on the change in electric resistance and friction coefficient during the fretting test period, and the identified behaviors are dependent on the magnitude of the applied load. The failure cycle ($N_f$) with an electric resistance of 0.1 D cannot be achieved due to the adhesion behavior of the metal and metal contact under the higher applied load of 0.45 N. This suggests that an average contact pressure higher than 159 MPa for the silver-coated connector is desirable to gain an almost infinite lifetime. The relationship between the electric contact resistance (R) and the average contact pressure (p) can be written as $p=106.2{\times}{\Omega}^{-1.5}$.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.1361-1366
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• 2008

Failure mechanism of the poor contact is analyzed on the basis of used connectors and this poor contact of connectors is reappeared by the new forced fretting wear method. As the result of failure analysis and reappearance, fretting wear and corrosion of the contact interface causes the contact resistance degradation and the poor contact of connectors. The amount of degradation depends on the fretting stroke. Changes in contact resistance of static contacts are likely to be small and gradual, while motions of contact interface may result in larger and discontinuous changes in resistance and voltage. This voltage drop by fretting motions is large enough to cause the distortion of sensor signal and mis-working of electric components.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.302-307
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• 2000

The fretting wear characteristics of STS304 steel in seawater were investigated experimentally. A fretting wear tester was designed to be suitable for this fretting test. This study was focused on the effects due to the combination of normal load, slip amplitude and number of cycles and corrosive environment as the main factors of fretting. The results of this study showed that the wear volume increased abruptly at slip amplitude between 70 $\mu\textrm{m}$∼100 $\mu\textrm{m}$ by fracture of oxide layers but above that slip amplitude the wear volume increased steadily.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.39-44
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• 1999

일반강구조물로 많이 사용되고 있는 SM20C, BsC3 및 STC4H에 대하여, 여러 가지 부식환경(지하수($6,000{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$), $0.5\%\;H_2SO_4$ 및 $0.5\%HNO_3$)침지하에서의 부식특성 및 건조상태에서의 찰과마멸특성실험에 의한 이종금속간의 찰과마멸특성을 고찰하였다. 침지시험의 경우, 이들 금속의 전위값은 $HNO_3$, 지하수, $H_2SO_4$ 순으로 크게 나타났으며, BsC3을 제외한 동재금속보다 이종금속의 전위가 높았다. 동종재인 SM20C의 마멸은 회전측의 경우가 이동측보다 약 1.9배 증가하였으며, 이는 마찰력에 의한 표면경화가 그 원인인 것으로 추측된다.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 2002년도 proceedings of the second asia international conference on tribology
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• pp.185-186
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• 2002

Fretting of fuel rod cladding material, Zircaloy-4 tube, in PWR nuclear power plants must be reduced and avoided. Nowadays the introduction of surface treatments or coatings is expected to be an ideal solution to fretting damage since fretting is closely related to wear. corrosion and fatigue. Therefore. in this study the fretting wear experiment was performed using TiAlN coated Zircaloy-4 tube as the fuel rod cladding and uncoated Zircaloy-4 as on of grids, especially concentrating on the sliding component. Fretting wear resistance of TiAlN coated Zircaloy-4 tubes was improved compared with that of TiN coated tubes and uncoated tubes and fretting wear mechanisms were brittle fracture and plastic flow at lower slip amplitude but severe oxidation and spallation of oxidative layer at higher ship amplitude.