HVOF-sprayed WC-CoCr coatings on Al alloy: Effect of the coating thickness on the tribological properties

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 5-8, 2009, Pages 944-953

  Bolelli, G ^a   Lusvarghi, L ^a   Barletta, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Ball on disk test; Cyclic impact test; Focused Ion Beam (FIB); High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) spraying; Vickers microhardness

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOY; BALL-ON-DISK TEST; CYCLIC IMPACT TEST; FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB); HIGH VELOCITY OXYGEN-FUEL (HVOF) SPRAYING; VICKERS MICROHARDNESS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); FLAME RESISTANCE; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; IONS; MICROHARDNESS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OXYGEN; SPRAYED COATINGS; TESTING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 65749098217     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.12.066     Document Type: Article

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