Analysis of planar multibody systems with revolute joint wear

Wear prediction on the components of a mechanical system without considering the system as a whole will, in most cases, lead to inaccurate predictions. This is because the wear is directly affected by the system dynamics which evolves simultaneously with the wear. In addition, the contact condition (regions of contact for the wearing bodies) also depends on the system dynamics and can only be determined in a multibody dynamics framework.