Structural behaviour of aeronautical tungsten carbide/carbon-coated titanium ball screws under space thermal-vacuum conditions

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-319

  Corradi, Sandro ^a   Marchetti, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ball screw; Coating; Efficiency; Lubrication; Thermal vacuum conditions

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FILMS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; SCREWS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESSES; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

BALL SCREW; SOLID MULTILAYER FILM; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; THERMAL VACUUM CONDITION;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 14544279777     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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