TY - JOUR AU - Persson, B. N. J. TI - Theory of powdery rubber wear JO - Journal of physics / Condensed matter VL - 21 SN - 0953-8984 CY - Bristol PB - IOP Publ. M1 - PreJuSER-7379 SP - 485001 PY - 2009 N1 - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 AB - Rubber wear typically involves the removal of small rubber particles from the rubber surface. On surfaces with not too sharp roughness, e.g. most road surfaces, this involves (slow) crack propagation. In this paper I shall present a theory of mild rubber wear. I shall derive the distribution of wear particle sizes Φ(D), which is in excellent agreement with experiment. I shall also show that the calculated wear rate is consistent with experimental data for tire tread block wear. KW - J (WoSType) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:21832508 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000271662800002 DO - DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/21/48/485001 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/7379 ER -