TRIBOLOGICAL STUDY OF EROSIVE WEAR PHENOMENON ON POLYCARBONATE (PC) USING AIR JET EROSION METHOD
Polymers have become one of the most widely used types of materials over the past few decades. One application of polymers is in polycarbonate roofing. Polycarbonate is used for roofing applications due to its supportive properties and structure, such as transparency, high impact resistance, and...
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | Polymers have become one of the most widely used types of materials over the
past few decades. One application of polymers is in polycarbonate roofing.
Polycarbonate is used for roofing applications due to its supportive properties and
structure, such as transparency, high impact resistance, and a sufficient temperature
range for extreme environmental applications. These extreme environments pose a
unique challenge for polycarbonate, as elements like rain, storms, wind, dust, and sun
exposure can damage it.
Therefore, a study was conducted on the wear performance and degradation
of polycarbonate using water jet erosion and heat aging degradation methods. Water
jet erosion here allows for the simulation of polycarbonate's performance in facing
erosive wear as in its practical applications, while heat aging serves as a test to
understand the decline in polycarbonate's performance when undergoing degradation.
The study found that polycarbonates do not experience significant wear
impacts from particle velocity, particle reduction rate, or material degradation.
Significant wear impact on polycarbonate only occurs at the particle attack angle. |
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