Tribology (friction and lubrication)

This textbook focuses on cast irons, the second material in production and consumption after steel.

This book summarizes the results of years of research on the problem of strength and fracture of polymers and elastomers.

This SpringerBrief discusses the determination and classification of the ambient temperature corrosion and stress corrosion properties of aerospace structural alloys, with emphasis on (1) aluminium alloys, modern (3rd generation) aluminium-lithium alloys, stainless steels and titanium alloys and (2) some of the issues involved.

This technical meeting will focus on Alloy 718 and Superalloys in this class relative to alloy and process development, production, product applications, trends and the development of advanced modeling tools.

This book introduces microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) packaging utilizing polymers or thin films - a new and unique packaging technology.

This book discusses the tribological, rheological and optical properties of liquid-crystal nanomaterials as well as lubricant media.

This book identifies novel advanced materials that can be utilized as protective agents for the preservation of stone.

In this book, the history of the concepts critical to the discovery and development of aluminum, its alloys and the anodizing process are reviewed to provide a foundation for the challenges, achievements, and understanding of the complex relationship between the aluminum alloy and the reactions that occur during anodic oxidation.

This book includes contributions from the Materials Processing Fundamentals Symposium held at the TMS 2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona.

This collection presents contributions on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation of engineering processes from researchers and engineers involved in the modeling of multiscale and multiphase phenomena in material processing systems.

This book presents an overview of the general field of biomimetics and biologically inspired, hierarchically structured surfaces.

This book combines the contributions of experts in the field to describe the behavior of various materials, micromechanisms involved during processing, and the optimization of cold-spray technology.

This book highlights the industrial potential and explains the physics behind laser metal deposition (LMD) technology.

This book offers readers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to a set of diagnostic methods for on-line condition monitoring of lubricated tribosystems used in industry.

This book examines pedestrian shoe-floor slip resistance from an engineering standpoint in order to better understand friction and wear behavior.

This thesis presents a novel ultrasonic instrument for non-invasive and in-situ characterization of journal bearing lubricant viscosity.

This book provides new clues for understanding electrostatic charging in solids and liquids, resulting from the surge of research in this active area of science that is taking place since the 1990's but is still largely unknown to most researchers, lecturers and engineers.

This book provides an overview on current sustainable machining.

This book focuses on characterization of organic coatings by different testing methods and understanding of structure formation and materials properties.

This textbook and comprehensive reference source and serves as a timely, practical introduction to the principles of nanotribology and nanomechanics.

This 15th Edition of the International Conference on Materials Degradation in Light Water Reactors focuses on subject areas critical to the safe and efficient running of nuclear reactor systems through the exchange and discussion of reseach results as well as field operating and management experience.

The Magnesium Technology Symposium, which takes place every year at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium specialists in the world.

The Magnesium Technology Symposium, which takes place every year at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium specialists in the world.

This is a compilation of the best papers in the history of Magnesium Technology, a definitive annual reference in the field of magnesium production and related light metals technologies.

This book presents the principles of plasma and heat spraying.

This book describes the history, origin and basic characteristics of bioactive materials.

This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structure, properties, and function in the context of evolutionary trends, and biomimetic potential.

This book addresses corrosion problems and their solutions at facilities in the oil refining and petrochemical industry, including cooling water and boiler feed water units.

Significantly extended from the first edition, this book presents the basics of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) in an accessible and concise manner.

This book focuses on the effect of plasma nitriding on the properties of steels.

This book introduces an innovative and high-efficiency technology for mechanical energy harvesting.

This book presents the physico-technical basis and current state of the technology of boronized layers.

This book expounds on progress made over the last 35 years in the theory, synthesis, and application of triboluminescence for creating smart structures.

This book explores effective environmental impact mitigation for petroleum-based lubricants to reduce their negative persistence during usage and upon end-of-life disposal.

This book focuses on the use of nanotechnology in several fields of engineering.

This revised, updated and expanded new edition presents an overview of biomimetics and biologically inspired structured surfaces.

This book examines the theoretical and practical aspects of tribological process using synergy, fractal and multifractal methods, and the fractal and multifractal models of self-similar tribosystems developed on their basis.

This brief details non-circular journal bearing configurations.

This book is a comprehensive collaboration on intelligent polymers and coatings for industrial applications by worldwide researchers and specialists.

The second edition of this textbook includes refined text in each chapter, new sections on corrosion of steel-reinforced concrete and on cathodic protection of steel reinforced bars embedded in concrete, and some new solved examples.

This book presents resent research advances in the area of eco-triobology.

The purpose of this monograph is to characterize and describe the quality of machined wood surfaces, whereas particular attention is given to the utility and to aesthetical values in product design.

This book guides readers through the systematic analysis of Arc Spraying: one of the most widespread and important thermal spraying methods.

This book summarizes the theoretical and experimental studies confirming the concept of the liquid-crystalline nature of boundary lubrication in synovial joints.

Pattern formation is a fascinating and challenging aspect in polymer science.

This book details the relationships between microstructure, interface roughness, and properties of thermal barrier coatings.

This SpringerBrief utilizes a surface chemistry/physical chemistry approach toward the study of aqueous corrosion processes.

This book describes current, competitive coating technologies for vehicles.

This book presents co-sputtered processes ways to produce chrome doped TiO2 thin films onto various substrates such as quartz, silicon and porous silicon.

The book begins with the fundamentals of light scattering, first by individual particles, then by small groups of particles, and finally by the trillions of particles present in a real-life paint film.