The orbital tribometer and new materials for the performance of the «Material–Friction» space experiment

1Bronovets, MA, 2Gamulya, GD, 3Elanskii, Yu.A, 3Zavgorodnyi, LT, 4Skorokhod, VV, 4Solntsev, VP, 5Surdu, MN, 3Tikhii, VG, 4Frolov, GA
1Interdepartmental Scientific Council on Tribology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Industrial Sciences of Russia and the Union of NGOs, Moscow, Russia
2B.I. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
3Yangel Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
4I.N. Frantsevich Institute for Material Science Problems, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
5State Scientific and Industrial Enterprize "Spetsavtomatika"
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2003, 9 ;(5-6):040-046
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2003.05.040
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
The state of the preparation of the scientific equipment for realization of the "Material-Friction" space experiment is considered. We offer a method and give an estimate of the error of measurement of wear of pair friction under orbital flight conditions with the use of strain-gauge sensors. The design of a module and versions of layout of orbital tribometer are presented. We derived experimental results confirming a high wear resistance and decrease of wear of pair friction from materials with elements of self-organizing with increasing speed of slip under vacuum conditions.
Keywords: orbital tribometer, space experiment, «Material–Friction»
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