Solid Lubrication Fundamentals and Applications
Materials Engineering Series

Solid Lubrication Fundamentals and Applications description of the adhesion, friction, abrasion, and wear behavior of solid film lubricants and related tribological materials, including diamond and diamond-like solid films. The book details the properties of solid surfaces, clean surfaces, and contaminated surfaces as well as discussing the structures and mechanical properties of natural and synthetic diamonds; chemical-vapor-deposited diamond film; surface design and engineering toward wear-resistant, self-lubricating diamond films and coatings. The author provides selection and design criteria as well as applications for synthetic and natural coatings in the commercial, industrial and aerospace industries..

Introduction and background; characterization of solid surfaces; properties of clean surfaces - adhesion, friction and wear; properties of contaminated surfaces - adhesion, friction and wear; abrasion - plowing and cutting; friction and wear properties of selected solid lubricating films - case studies; aerospace mechanisms and tribology technology -case studies; structures and mechanical properties of natural and synthetic diamonds; chemical-vapour-deposited diamond film; surface design and engineering toward wear-resistant, self-lubricating diamond films and coatings.

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Miyoshi, Kazuhisa