DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e9b3d5/tribology_of_ceram) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Tribology of Ceramics and Composites: Materials Science Perspective" to their offering.
This book helps students and practicing scientists alike understand that a comprehensive knowledge about the friction and wear properties of advanced materials is essential to further design and development of new materials. With important introductory chapters on the fundamentals, processing, and applications of tribology, the book then examines in detail the nature and properties of materials, the friction and wear of structural ceramics, bioceramics, biocomposites, and nanoceramics, as well as lightweight composites and the friction and wear of ceramics in a cryogenic environment.
Key Topics Covered:
- Overview: Tribological Materials
- Overview: Mechanical Properties of Ceramics
- Surfaces and Contacts
- Friction
- Frictional Heating and Contact Temperature
- Wear Mechanisms
- Lubrication
- Overview: Structural Ceramics
- Case Study: Transformation-Toughened Zirconia
- Case Study: Sialon Ceramics
- Case Study: Max Phase ti3sic2
- Case Study: Titanium Diboride Ceramics and Composites
- Overview: Bioceramics and Biocomposites
- Case Study: Polymer-Ceramic Biocomposites
- Case Study: Natural Tooth and Dental Restorative Materials
- Case Study: Glass-Infiltrated Alumina
- Tribological Properties of Ceramic Biocomposites
- Overview: Nanoceramic Composites
- Case Study: Nanocrystalline Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystalline Ceramics
- Case Study: Nanostructured Tungsten Carbide-Zirconia Nanocomposites
- Overview: Lightweight Metal Matrix Composites and Cermets
- Case Study: Magnesium-Silicon Carbide Particulatereinforced Composites
- Case Study: Titanium Carbonitride-Nickelbased Cermets
- Case Study: (W,Ti)C-Co Cermets
- Overview: Cryogenic Wear Properties of Materials
- Case Study: Sliding Wear of Alumina in a Cryogenic Environment
- Case Study: Sliding Wear of Self-Mated Tetragonal Zirconia Ceramics in Liquid Nitrogen
- Case Study: Sliding Wear of Silicon Carbide in a Cryogenic Environment
- Friction and Wear of Oxide Ceramics in an Aqueous Environment
- Perspective for Designing Materials for Tribological Applications
Author:
Bikramjit Basu, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (on leave) and currently at the Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Mitjan Kalin, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Centre for Tribology and Technical Diagnostics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he is also Vice-Dean for Research and International Affairs in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
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