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 …

Composites are, in general, a rapidly evolving and growing technical field with a very wide
range of applications across the aerospace, defence, energy, medical and transport sectors …

A Complete Reference Covering the Latest Technology in Metal Cutting Tools, Processes,
and Equipment Metal Cutting Theory and Practice, Third Edition shapes the future of …

Nowadays, coatings have been widely deposited on cutting tool inserts due to their superior
wear resistant and thermal barrier effect in metal manufacturing industry. Tool coatings avoid …

Friction and wear phenomena encountered in mechanical systems with moving components
are directly related to efficiency, reliability and life of the system. Hence, minimizing and …

The demand for robust engineering materials demonstrating good tribological performance
under arduous service conditions has forged the development of novel coating materials …

The fundamentals of coating tribology are presented by using a generalised holistic
approach to the friction and wear mechanisms of coated surfaces in dry sliding contacts. It is …

Technological challenges in future surface engineering applications demand continuously
new material solutions offering superior properties and performance. Concepts for the …

Challenges in aerospace tribology and composite coatings for aerospace applications are
briefly reviewed. Attention is given to nanocomposite coatings made of carbide, diamond …

Development of optimized hard coatings requires a multilayer, functionally gradient
approach, where adhesion, load support and low friction regions must be elements of the …