Third abrasive wear mode: is it possible?

The objective of this paper is to propose an initial discussion on the characterization of a third abrasive wear mode. The results obtained in a previous work [1] under different test conditions revealed the occurrence of the superposition of the rolling and grooving abrasive wear modes. This phenomenon was denoted micro-rolling abrasion due to the observation that rolling abrasion was found to act on grooving abrasion. (C) 2014 Brazilian Metallurgical, Materials and Mining Association. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.