Loss of material from a plate surface subjected to mechanical effects.

Surface damage that arises when an abrasive body’s sharp edge penetrates a plate surface.

Wear situation describes the abrasive material’s movement relative to the plate. Sliding, impact and squeezing wear are the wear situations that give rise to abrasion.

Materials that cause wear. The material can be either a body or a particle. A body does not have a defined size but a particle’s size is identified as sand or dust like.

A solid material’s ability to withstand penetration or abrasion from other bodies.

The hardness relation between the abrasive material and the plate.

Surface damage caused by abrasive material cutting chips out of the plate surface.

Surface damage caused by abrasive material ploughing or penetrating the plate to which the material permanently deforms. Repeated plastic deformation leads to fatigue and wear of the surface.

Wear caused by abrasive bodies sliding over a plate.

When abrasive bodies impact a plate surface at an angle of incidence. The surface damages are weakly dependent on the abrasive body’s hardness and result mainly in plastic deformation.

An abrasive particle impacting a plate surface at an angle of incidence. The surface damage is strongly dependent of the abrasive particle’s hardness and gives indentation marks and lip formation or plastic deformation.

Angle of incidence is the angle between the abrasive body’s direction of motion and the plate surface. The angle of incidence strongly influences the erosive wear.
Squeezing wear Occurs when the abrasive material is squeezed by an applied load between two surfaces.