Materials and Surface Engineering in Tribology

This title is designed to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of tribology. The book introduces the notion of a surface in tribology where a solid surface is described from topographical, structural, mechanical, and energetic perspectives. It also describes the principal techniques used to characterize and analyze surfaces. The title then discusses what may be called the fundamentals of tribology by introducing and describing the concepts of adhesion, friction, wear, and lubrication. The book focuses on the materials used in tribology, introducing the major classes of materials used, either in their bulk states or as coatings, including both protective layers and other coatings used for decorative purposes. Of especial importance to the tribology community are sections that provide the latest information on Nanotribology, Wear, Lubrication, and Wear-Corrosion: Tribocorrosion and Erosion-Corrosion. Foreword.

Preface.

Chapter 1. Surfaces.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 The surface state.

Chapter 2. Tribology.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Elements of solid mechanics.

2.3 Elements of contact mechanics.

2.4 Friction.

2.5 Nanotribology.

2.6 Wear.

2.7 Lubrication.

2.8 Wear-corrosion: tribocorrosion and erosion-corrosion.

Chapter 3. Materials for Tribology.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Bulk materials.

3.3 Surface treatments and coatings.

3.4 Hard anti-wear and decorative coatings.

3.5 Characterization of coatings: hardness, adherence and internal stresses.

Bibliography.

Index.

Jamal Takadoum is Professor of Materials Science at the national Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies (ENSMM), Besançon, France.

This title is designed to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of tribology and will thus serve as a useful reference guide suitable for researchers, engineers, and students alike.

The book is divided into three chapters.

Chapter 1 introduces the concepts of a surface in tribology where a solid surface is described from topographical, structural, mechanical and energetic perspectives. It also describes the principal techniques used to characterize and analyze surfaces.

Chapter 2 discusses what may be called tribology proper by introducing and describing the concepts of adhesion, friction, wear and lubrication.

Chapter 3 focuses on the materials encountered and used in the study and application of tribology, introducing the major classes of materials used, either in their bulk states or as coatings, including both hard-facing protective layers and other coatings used for decorative purposes.