Table of Contents
Biographical Sketche of editor ix
List of contributing authors xi
1 Tribology of carbon fabric-reinforced thermoplastic composites Umesh Marathe Meghashree Padhan Jayashree Bijwe 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.1.1 Polymer composites in tribology 1
1.1.2 Types of FRP composites 4
1.2 Tribology of CF-reinforced polymer composites 7
1.2.1 Investigations on tribology of CFRPs (in-house data) 8
1.2.2 Investigations on tribology of CFRPs - literature data 23
1.3 Tribology of surface-engineered fabric-reinforced polymer composites 25
1.4 Summary 27
2 Effect of glass fiber reinforcement and the addition of MoS2 on the tribological behavior of PA66 under dry sliding conditions: A study of distribution of pixel intensity on the counterface Ana Horovistiz Susana Laranjeira J. Paulo Davim 31
2.1 Introduction 31
2.2 Materials and methods 33
2.3 Development of statistical criterion for distribution of pixel intensity on counterface surfaces 34
2.4 Results and discussion 35
2.5 Conclusions 43
3 A review on dry sliding wear behaviour of metal matrix composites T.S. Kiran S. Basavarajappa M. Prasanna Kumar B.M. Viswanatha J. Paulo Davim 47
3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 Mechanical properties 47
3.2.1 Hardness 48
3.2.2 Tensile properties 48
3.3 Wear behaviour 48
3.3.1 As-cast 49
3.3.2 Heat treatment 53
3.4 Wear behaviour of MMCs by design of experiments 58
3.4.1 Wear behaviour of MMCs 58
3.4.2 Wear behaviour of HMMCs 60
3.5 Conclusions 60
4 Tribology of aluminium matrix composites G. Gautam N. Kumar A. Mohan S. Mohan 65
4.1 Introduction 65
4.2 Wear of AMCs 65
4.2.1 Operating parameters 66
4.2.2 Environmental condition 69
4.2.3 Material property 70
4.2.4 Synthesis 74
4.2.5 Inclusions in mechanically mixed layer 76
4.3 Friction of AMCs 76
4.4 Conclusions 77
5 Silver-based self-lubricating composite for sliding electrical contact: Material design, preparation, and properties Jinjun Lu Xiaoqin Wen Zhiqin Ding Feiyan Yuwen Junhu Meng Ruiqing Yao 81
5.1 Introduction 81
5.2 Material design and preparation 82
5.2.1 What is silver-based self-lubricating composite? 82
5.2.2 Constitutions of the composite 82
5.2.3 Preparation 85
5.2.4 Material design 85
5.3 Tribological properties 87
5.3.1 General view 87
5.3.2 Three important issues 87
5.3.3 Outlook 88
6 Tribology of CrC-NiCr cermet coatings Satheesan Bobby Mohammed Mehdhar Al-Mehdhar Mohammed Abdul Samad 91
6.1 Introduction 91
6.2 Outline of thermal spraying processes and production of CrC-NiCr coatings 93
6.2.1 Various thermal spray techniques: An overview 93
6.2.2 Thermal spray techniques associated with CrC-NiCr coatings 97
6.3 Recent developments in performance evaluation of CrC-NiCr coating systems 97
6.3.1 Tribological evaluation of CrC-NiCr coatings 97
6.3.2 Coating performance enhancement techniques 117
6.3.3 Coating performance under fatigue loading 127
6.4 Summary 129
Index 137
