Strona 2_redak - Instytut Agrofizyki im. Bohdana DobrzaÅskiego ...
Strona 2_redak - Instytut Agrofizyki im. Bohdana DobrzaÅskiego ...
Strona 2_redak - Instytut Agrofizyki im. Bohdana DobrzaÅskiego ...
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galvanized steel received from different sources. These authors reported that<br />
coefficient of friction and standard deviation decreased in subsequent measurements.<br />
Snyder et al. [153], on the contrary, observed a decrease in the coefficient of friction<br />
with prolonged frictional contact. Washing the frictional surfaces with carbon<br />
tetrachloride reduced the coefficient to its original value. The substance found after<br />
evaporation of the solvent was determined to be cutin, a wax-like substance found on<br />
the surface of grain kernels. The effect of cutin on the friction coefficient was more<br />
noticeable after the metal surface was allowed to age for one or more days. Molenda<br />
et al. [107] determined the friction coefficient of pairs of wheat grains on steel plates<br />
of different roughness. Results of these tests are presented in figure 9.4. In the case<br />
of smooth surface, a min<strong>im</strong>um of of 0.06 was found at moisture content of 15.2%.<br />
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consistently increased with increasing moisture content. For the remaining plates the<br />
coefficient of friction increased with increasing surface roughness, but no clear<br />
tendency with an increase in moisture content was observed. The apparent<br />
inconsistency of observed frictional behaviour is probably a result of varied degree of<br />
contribution of basic phenomena in the resultant coefficient of friction. In the case of<br />
smooth surface the effect of adhesion prevailed. With increasing surface roughness<br />
the first deformation of surface asperities became relevant, while cutting of grain<br />
surface took place by asperities of plates of the highest levels of surface roughness.<br />
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plate of five levels of surface roughness [107]