Optimization of the surface texture for silicon carbide sliding in water

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1282-1286

  Wang, Xiaolei ^a,b   Adachi, Koshi ^a   Otsuka, Katsunori ^a,c   Kato, Koji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^c JTEKT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Running in; SiC; Surface texturing; Water lubrication

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; RUNNING IN; SILICON CARBIDE; TEXTURES;

SIC; SLIDING SURFACES; SURFACE TEXTURE; WATER LUBRICATION;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 33750740719     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2006.01.076     Document Type: Article

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