• An ad-hoc fretting wear tribotester design for thin steel wires 

      Llavori, Inigo; Zabala, Alaitz; Tato, Wilson; Aginagalde, Andrea; Gómez Rodríguez, Xabier (EDP Sciences, 2018)
      Steel wire ropes experience fretting wear damage when the rope runs over a sheave promoting an oscillatory motion between the wires. Consequently, wear scars appear between the contacting wires leading to an ...
    • An all-in-one numerical methodology for fretting wear and fatigue life assessment 

      Llavori, Inigo; Tato, Wilson; Gómez Rodríguez, Xabier (Gruppo Italiano Frattura, 2016)
      Many mechanical components such as, bearing housings, flexible couplings and spines or orthopedic devices are simultaneously subjected to a fretting wear and fatigue damage. For this reason, the combined study on a single ...
    • Definición de una metodología optimizada para la simulación del desgaste en materiales 

      Cruzado, Aitor; Zabala, Alaitz; Gómez Rodríguez, Xabier (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 2010)
      The wear simulation with finite element method (FEM) presents great advantages for the improvement of components, because of the reduction in the cost in comparison to the experimental procedure (test time, materials, ...