devices such as bearings, drive shaft and seals. The wear on critical sliding components introduces unnecessary clearances … 60 h in clean water. The data showed that PCD bearings outperformed polymer based bearings in terms of wear and … experimental data revealed that PCD bearings had higher wear resistance as compared to its polymer based counterparts. In addition …

This study investigates the wear characteristics of polymeric journal bearings while immersed in seawater, and their … applicability towards wave energy conversion. A block on ring wear machine was used to test four commercially available bearing … materials under unidirectional and oscillatory sliding conditions at low pressure. It was observed that wear generally increases …

. Often while deployed, wear on bearing, shaft, and seal assemblies introduces undesirable clearances between contacting … surfaces, which potentially can affect the performance of hydrokinetic devices. In order to investigate wear occurring …. The wear rate data collected after 60 h of clear-water tests on four different types of bearings is presented. In addition …