Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Hybrid metal matrix composites (MMCs) exhibit superior overall mechanical and functional
response when compared to their conventional counterparts and as a result have greater …

The Al7150 alloy plays a vital role in aerospace and automotive industry applications due to
its extraordinary characteristics like strength to weight ratio, toughness and fatigue …

Under specific requirements, wear must be limited to certain parts. In this study, self-
lubricating coatings were prepared by laser cladding to improve the service life of wear parts …

Self-lubricating composites are required to have excellent tribological performances and
good mechanical properties when they are applied as mechanic parts. However, the brittle …

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is considered to highlight great potential in achieving low
friction and wear due to high thermal conductivity, superb oxidation resistance and chemical …

Cu-WS 2 self-lubricating composites containing various contents of WS 2 were prepared by
hot-pressing. The composite was also annealed at different temperatures to reveal the …

Ever-increasing significance of composite materials with high thermal conductivity, low
thermal expansion coefficient and high optical bandgap over the last decade, have proved …

The thermal stability of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) plays a crucial role in stabilizing the
braking performance of friction pairs (ie, brake-pad/disc) in high-speed trains. In this study, h …

This work is a review of previous works, presenting and discussing the most important
results obtained by an ongoing research program towards the development of innovative …