Books by Keyword: Surface Engineering

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the XXI Conference on Technologies and Properties of Modern Utility Materials (TPMUM 2013), May 17, 2013, Katowice, Poland.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The 54 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Microstructural Characterisation;
Chapter 2: Advanced Thermal, Mechanical and Chemical Processing;
Chapter 3: Surface Engineering and Corrosion Resistance;
Chapter 4: Materials and Environment;
Chapter 5: Advanced Materials for Transport Industry

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).
All components and mechanical parts have surfaces which are either exposed to a particular environment or are in contact with other components. Consequent corrosion and/or wear of the surface may then lead to destructive failure. A so-called “bad” surface is a favoured spot for crack initiation, resulting in a decrease in the fatigue, tensile properties and even toughness of materials. Although the development of new materials can improve the surface properties, this can also lead to a change in the properties of the substrate. For example, increasing the carbon content significantly improves the wear resistance of steels, but toughness has to be sacrificed. Increased cost is another major concern. Moreover, for some components, such as gears, a ductile substrate and a hard surface are required. In this case, surface treatment remains the only choice. Surface modification, also termed surface treatment, has thus been recognised as being a major emergent manufacturing technology for improving the surface properties, with minimal alteration of the substrate.

Description: The use of laser science and technology in the development of materials has made significant progress due to the flexibility of control of the beam's interaction, with regard to wavelength, energy-density and interaction time, and the wide choice of interaction environments. It is difficult to think of any field of science where lasers have not left their mark in improving material properties and behaviour, or in widening material applications. Lasers have not been slow to find important uses in fields ranging from defence to medical science. Many of these aspects are discussed in this volume, by experts in the relevant field.