A variety of cutting tool materials are used for the contact mode mechanical machining of
components under extreme conditions of stress, temperature and/or corrosion, including …

Friction and wear usually lead to huge energy loss and failure of machine pairs, which
usually causes great economic losses. Researchers have made great efforts to reduce …

Steel is known for its low cost of fabrication, high mechanical strength and hence is
extensively used for drilling equipment, pipelines, ship building and offshore structures …

Nano-multilayered films offer a multilayer structure arrangement at several to tens of
nanometers. They have hardness, high-temperature oxidation resistance, and low wear …

Abstract TiAlN monolithic and Ti/TiAlN multilayer coatings were fabricated on Ti–6Al–4V
substrates by a self-designed multisource cathodic arc ion deposition system. The …

The CrCN nanocomposite coatings with various carbon content were firstly synthesized via
mid-frequency magnetron sputtering to seek the possibility of application in marine corrosion …

MoN–Ag coatings with different silver contents were synthesized using DC and RF
magnetron sputtering. The microstructure and mechanical performance of the as-prepared …

Operating conditions were analyzed, thermophysical characteristics were calculated as
applied to VVER-1000 fuel rods in four-year cycle for unified core. Models for calculating gas …

One area of constant interest in many fields of industry is development of functional
multilayer coatings that possess excellent performance characteristics. That is why in our …

Nowadays there is the need to avoid the excessive consumption of liquid lubricant oils, as
they are harmful to the environment and hard to disposal. Self-lubricant films have been …