Tribology of ceramics and composites : a materials science perspective /

• Main Author: Basu, Bikramjit
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kalin, Mitjan
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2011]
• Subjects: Ceramic materials > Mechanical properties.; Ceramic materials > Fatigue.; Mechanical wear.; Friction.; Tribology.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Tribology.; Electronic books.

 This book helps students and practicing scientists alike understand that a comprehensive knowledge about the friction and wear properties of advanced materials is essential to further design and development of new materials. With important introductory chapters on the fundamentals, processing, and applications of tribology, the book then examines in detail the nature and properties of materials, the friction and wear of structural ceramics, bioceramics, biocomposites, and nanoceramics, as well as lightweight composites and the friction and wear of ceramics in a cryogenic environment. 

 Section I: Fundamentals. Introduction -- Overview: Tribological Materials -- Overview: Mechanical Properties of Ceramics -- Surfaces and Contacts -- Friction -- Frictional Heating and Contact Temperature -- Wear Mechanisms -- Lubrication -- Section II: Friction and Wear of Structural Ceramics. Overview: Structural Ceramics -- Case Study: Transformation-Toughened Zirconia -- Case Study: Sialon Ceramics -- Case Study: Max Phase-- TiSic -- Case Study: Titanium Diboride Ceramics and Composites -- Section III: Friction and Wear of Bioceramics and Biocomposites. Overview: Bioceramics and Biocomposites -- Case Study: Polymer-Ceramic Biocomposites -- Case Study: Natural Tooth and Dental Restorative Materials -- Case Study: Glass-Infiltrated Alumina -- Tribological Properties of Ceramic Biocomposites -- Section IV: Friction and Wear of Nanoceramics. Overview: Nanoceramic Composites -- Case Study: Nanocrystalline Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystalline Ceramics -- Case Study: Nanostructured Tungsten Carbide₆Zirconia Nanocomposites -- Section V: Lightweight Composites and Cermets. Overview: Lightweight Metal Matrix Composites and Cermets -- Case Study: Magnesium₆Silicon Carbide Particulate-Reinforced Composites -- Case Study: Titanium Carbonitride₆Nickel-Based Cermets -- Case Study: (W, Ti)C₆Co Cermets -- Section VI: Friction and Wear of Ceramics in a Cryogenic Environment. Overview: Cryogenic Wear Properties of Materials -- Case Study: Sliding Wear of Alumina in a Cryogenic Environment -- Case Study: Sliding Wear of Self-Mated Tetragonal Zirconia Ceramics in Liquid Nitrogen -- Case Study: Sliding Wear of Silicon Carbide in a Cryogenic Environment -- Section VII: Water-Lubricated Wear of Ceramics. Friction and Wear of Oxide Ceramics in an Aqueous Environment -- Section VIII: Closure. Perspective for Designing Materials for Tribological Applications.