Residual stresses in TiN, DLC and MoS2 coated surfaces with regard to their tribological fracture behaviour

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2142-2156

  Holmberg, Kenneth ^a   Ronkainen, Helena ^a   Laukkanen, Anssi ^a   Wallin, Kim ^a   Hogmark, Sture ^b   Jacobson, Staffan ^b   Wiklund, Urban ^b   Souza, Roberto M ^c   Ståhle, Per ^d  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coatings; DLC; FEM modelling; MoS2; Residual stresses; TiN

Indexed keywords

BEND TESTING; BUCKLING STRESS; COATED STEEL; COATED SURFACE; COMPRESSIVE RESIDUAL STRESS; CRACK PATTERNS; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DLC; DLC COATINGS; FEM MODELLING; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; FRACTURE PATTERN; INDUCED STRESS; MICRO-SCALES; MOS2; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; SCRATCH TESTING; SLIDING CONTACTS; SLIDING TIP; STEEL SUBSTRATE; STRESS CALCULATIONS; STRESS SIMULATIONS; THIN HARD COATINGS; TIN COATING; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE;

BENDING TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SIMULATORS; STEEL TESTING; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRIBOLOGY;

HARD COATINGS;

EID: 71849114739     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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