Improvement in friction by cw Nd:YAG laser surface treatment on cast iron cylinder bore

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 205, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 289-296

  Duffet, Gerard ^a   Sallamand, P ^a   Vannes, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cast iron; Friction; Laser treatment; Roughness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; CAST IRON; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ENGINE PISTONS; GRAPHITE; LASER BEAMS; LUBRICATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXTURES;

PERLITIC MATRIX;

FRICTION;

EID: 0037204390     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(02)01119-4     Document Type: Article

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