Archard equation is the basic relationship that is used to describe and predict the wear
behavior of the parts. The main drawback of this equation is to neglect the surface …

The poor surface shear resistance of Ti6Al4V alloy limits its applications involving moving
components. To improve its tribological properties, a duplex treatment method involving …

The chromium nitride thin film was synthesized on the pure titanium substrate by using
hybrid coatings methods. The chromium electroplating and plasma nitriding was employed …

Off-grid systems, and mini-grids in particular, are expected to play a significant role in
improving electricity access to one billion people until 2040. One of the major challenges for …

In this work, electron beam melting (EBM) titanium alloy were strengthened by carrying out a
hollow cathodic plasma source nitriding treatment. The EBM-TC4 alloys were nitrided at …

Tribological properties, including wear resistance, scratch resistivity, corrosion resistance
and surface hardness, play an important role in determining service life. This study aims to …

Facing the outer space application of titanium and its alloys in drilling pipes and drilling
robots, it is necessary to find an optimized surface engineering method to improve their …

In order to develop a rapid nitriding process for titanium alloy at a low temperature, fine
particle peening (FPP) was performed prior to gas blow induction heating (GBIH) nitriding …

Abstract Diamond-like-carbon (DLC) coatings with high hardness and low friction coefficient
exhibit excellent tribological performance under air and vacuum conditions. However …

The effect of the residual oxygen concentration in the process atmosphere during laser-
powder bed fusion (L-PBF) of Ti-6Al-4V was investigated, using an external oxygen …