A study of single particle–target surface interactions along a specimen in the Coriolis slurry erosion tester

The Coriolis test is used for evaluating the slurry erosion behaviour of materials. Experiments with a model single glass bead-in-water “slurry” have revealed the nature of, and extent of damage at, all contact sites along a soft copper specimen surface. The results confirm previous theoretical predictions that in the Coriolis test mode erodent particles interact with the specimen in a series of low angle impacts of decreasing angle, rebound height and normal velocity component along the specimen.