The performance and mechanisms of DLC-coated surfaces in contact with steel in boundary-lubrication conditions - A review

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-206

  Velkavrh, Igor ^a   Kalin, Mitjan ^a   Vižintin, Jožef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Additives; Base oil; Boundary lubrication; Diamond like carbon coatings; Nanotribology

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CERAMIC COATINGS; COATINGS; DIAMONDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FRICTION; INORGANIC COATINGS; LUBRICATION; MECHANISMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TECHNOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

ADDITIVES; ANTI-WEAR PROPERTIES; BASE OIL; BOUNDARY LUBRICATION; BOUNDARY LUBRICATIONS; COATED SURFACES; CONVENTIONAL OILS; CURRENT STATE; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATINGS; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBONS; DLC COATINGS; LOW FRICTION; LOW SURFACE ENERGY; LUBRICATION CONDITIONS; LUBRICATION MECHANISMS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANO-COMPOSITES; NANOTRIBOLOGY; NOVEL COATINGS; OVERALL PERFORMANCE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SURFACE ENGINEERING;

HARD COATINGS;

EID: 48949098920     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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