High temperature oxidation and hot corrosion represent the most deleterious forms of surface degradation, which can lead to the loss of mechanical strength and catastrophic failure of structural and engineering components. ...

The welding of high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels largely dominates their use in fabrication of various components of modem applications starting from manufacturing of automobile vehicles dealing with sheet metal to ...

Metal foams are a unique class of engineering material consisting of a rather uniform distribution of deliberately introduced void spaces. Unlike casting defects the void fraction in metal foams is fairly large, often ...

Friction materials are mainly employed in brakes, clutches and gear assemblies of automobiles, locomotive trains, commercial/fighter aircrafts, earth moving equipments, agricultural equipments, cranes, heavy presses, and ...

Erosive wear is caused by the impact of abrasive particles against a solid surface. Erosion is rapid and severe forms of wear and can results in significant costs if not adequately controlled. Erosive wear occurs in a wide ...

Shape Memory alloys based on Fe, Ni, Cu and Ti systems are finding an ever-increasing application in devices due to a large recoverable strain caused by conversion of variants in the martensite phase. Martensitic transformations ...

The operating conditions in power station boilers are conducive to fireside corrosion and erosion, both in the furnace wall and in the super heater and reheater areas, and these effects cause tube wall thinning and premature ...

The behaviour of materials at elevated temperature is gaining increasing technological importance. It is a problem that man has had to face and solve from the very beginning of his existence. Understanding the behaviour ...

[Al Background Of the three varieties of corrosion resistant alloy cast irons in use, the high Si irons have useful applications only in strongly oxidizing conditions. They however, suffer from poor mechanical strength ...

Due to depletion of high grade copper ores, metallurgists are forced to use lower grade copper ores. This results in higher proportions of impurities being encountered during copper processing. Impurities such as As, Sb, ...