Tribological behavior of aluminum micro-and nano-composites

International Journal of Aerospace Innovations

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Rohatgi, Pradeep ^a   Menezes, Pradeep ^a   Mazzei, Tatiana ^a   Lovell, Michael ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Friction; Metal Matrix Composites; Nano Composites; Wear

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; AEROSPACE AND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES; ALUMINUM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DRY SLIDING; FRICTION AND WEAR BEHAVIORS; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; NORMAL LOADS; PIN-ON-DISK APPARATUS; REINFORCEMENT PARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SLIDING VELOCITIES; STEEL DISKS; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; WEAR PERFORMANCE; WORN SURFACE;

ALUMINUM; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INVESTMENTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 80755143688     PISSN: 17572258     EISSN: 17572266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1757-2258.3.3.153     Document Type: Article

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