Solid Lubrication Fundamentals
and Applications
by Kazuhisa Miyoshi

Includes case studies for real-world solutions to industrial and aerospace challenges as well as effective engineering strategies for self-lubricating diamond films!

Presents the latest advances in the production of wear-resistant, self-lubricating coatings for enhanced performance in harsh environmental conditions!

Offering the most recent methods in the construction of diamond surfaces, Solid Lubrication Fundamentals and Applications details:

• The structural and mechanical properties of diamond and diamondlike films
• Chemical-vapor-deposited diamond film technology
• Friction mechanisms on clean and smooth surfaces
• The effect of surface contamination on adhesion and friction
• And much more!

Offering more than 350 helpful drawings, photographs, tables, and equations, Solid Lubrication Fundamentals and Applications is a valuable source for materials, mechanical, lubrication, surface, chemical, automotive, aerospace, design, aeronautical, plant, power, system, maintenance, manufacturing, heat transfer, and petroleum engineers; tribologists; research and petroleum chemists; lubricant formulators; metallurgists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Contents

1. Introduction and Background
2. Characterization of Solid Surfaces
3. Properties of Clean Surfaces: Adhesion, Friction, and Wear
4. Properties of Contaminated Surfaces: Adhesion, Friction, and Wear
5. Abrasion: Plowing and Cutting
6. Friction and Wear Properties of Selected Solid Lubricating Films: Case Studies
7. Aerospace Mechanisms and Tribology Technology: Case Studies
8. Structures and Mechanical Properties of Natural and Synthetic Diamonds
9. Chemical-Vapor-Deposited Diamond Film
10. Surface Design and Engineering Toward Wear-Resistant, Self-Lubricating Diamond

Index

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