Tribological coatings for aerospace applications and the case of WC-Co plasma spray coatings

Tribology in Industry

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Koutsomichalis, A ^a   Vaxevanidis, N ^b   Petropoulos, G ^c   Xatzaki, E ^a   Mourlas, A ^d   Antoniou, S ^d  

^a HELLENIC AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (Greece)

^b SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerospace tribological coatings; Mechanical properties; Plasma sprayed WC Co; Wear behaviour

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE WEARS; AEROSPACE SYSTEMS; AEROSPACE TRIBOLOGICAL COATINGS; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SPRAYING; BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; CONTACT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRICTION AND WEAR; FRICTION AND WEAR CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH HARDNESS; HUMIDITY CHANGE; LIMITING PROBLEM; MOVABLE DEVICES; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PIN-ON-DISC APPARATUS; PLASMA SPRAY COATING; PLASMA SPRAYED; SLIDING DISTANCES; SLIDING FRICTION; SLIDING SPEED; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; TRIBOLOGICAL COATINGS; WEAR RATES;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COATED MATERIALS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SPRAYING; PLASMAS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; TRIBOLOGY; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

SPRAYED COATINGS;

EID: 74049111868     PISSN: 03548996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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