Talk:Archard equation

I got this anonymous answer for my question below: In Italy Reye's hypothesis is taught at applied mechanics courses, typically at the second or third year of the university. Some books with a discussion of Reye's hypothesis are 1) Panetti, M., Meccanica Applicata, Torino, 1947 2) Ettore Funaioli. Corso di meccanica applicata alle macchine Vol. I. Patron, Bologna, 3rd edition, 1973. There is also a quite short Italian Wikipedia page on the Reye hypothesis. Turbofisk (talk) 14:55, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Is Reye’s model really taught in Europe? It isn't at KTH in Sweden and Anton van Beek from TU Delft cites Archard's equation in Advanced engineering design, and he is well known in the academic world of tribology. Turbofisk (talk) 18:51, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

The Archard wear equation is incorrect. It is missing the sliding distance term on the right side of the equation. A simple dimensional analysis can be done on the right side. Without the length term, the right side will have units of distance squared, but the left hand side is volume which is distance cubed. Herschman321 (talk) 05:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Reference 3 goes to a locked page, not a usable, public reference - needs fixing / removing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.91.31.51 (talk) 10:24, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Inormation about the Author
Archard's full name is John Frederick Archard. Since there is no Wikipedia page on him, I am adding the following information here, transcribed from New Scientist:

''John Frederick Archard (The wear of metals) went to the Worthing High School for Boys and then entered the University College of Southampton. After six years in the Royal Air Force, which included a spell at the headquarters of Coastal Command and a trip to Washington as a member of the radar staff of the R A F delegation, he returned to Southampton in 1946 for post-graduate research in optics. Since 1949 he has been working in the Surface Physics Section of the Associated Electrical Industries Research Laboratory, where he is at present investigating the lubrication of heavily loaded contacts. He is a Fellow of the Physical Society and of the Institute of Physics.''

''Dr. Archard is married, with two sons, and lives at Tilehurst, in Berkshire. His hobbies include gardening and cricket which, he says, he plays with more enthusiasm than competence.'' (New Scientist, 11 Jun 1959)

This information is apparently under copyright of New Scientist. Nevertheless, the magazine does not seem to have an accessible archive of issues older than 1989. For this reason, I suggest to maintain the above transcription so that it can be taken into account at writing a page about Archard's person.

--Logari81 (talk) 05:38, 27 February 2016 (UTC)