Fabrication of Wear and Corrosion Resistant Materials presents cutting-edge surface processing methods, incorporating concepts from the fields of metallurgy, chemistry, physics, and nanotechnology. It covers developments in manufacturing processes that aim to improve materials' and components' resistance to wear and corrosion.
Fabrication of Wear and Corrosion Resistant Materials presents cutting-edge surface processing methods, incorporating concepts from the fields of metallurgy, chemistry, physics, and nanotechnology. It covers developments in manufacturing processes that aim to improve materials' and components' resistance to wear and corrosion.
Investigating techniques such as plasma treatment, laser cladding, chemical vapor deposition, and nano structuring, the book evaluates each technique by its capability of ensuring durability and resistance to corrosion to prolong the life of materials. In addition, the book explores smart surfaces, digital surface design, machine learning tools, and biomedical applications. It discusses new materials, coatings, surface treatments, and additive manufacturing techniques using an interdisciplinary approach.
This book is intended for researchers and graduate students studying surface engineering, coatings and claddings, and corrosion and wear resistance of materials.
1. Perspectives and Fundamentals of Corrosion and Wear Mechanisms in
Surface Engineering.
2. Advances and Challenges in Corrosion Research.
3.
Fabrication of Surfaces with Laser Cladding, Microwave Cladding, and Surface
Alloying Techniques.
4. Environmental Impact and Sustainability of Advanced
Manufacturing Techniques, Materials, and Coatings.
5. Durable Microwave
Post-Processing of Thermal Spray Coatings.
6. Evaluation and Insulation
Strategies of Heating Systems to Prevent Ice Formation in Cold Environments.
7. Fabrication and Characterization of Wear-Resistant Surfaces: A Study on
Powder Mixed EDM.
8. Characterization and Testing of Surface-Processed
Materials using Friction Stir Processing.
9. Environment Friendly Machining
of Aluminum Alloy Using Coated Tool Under Dry and MQL Conditions.
10. Hybrid
Surface Processing Techniques to Enhance the Wear and Corrosion Properties of
Inconel-800.
11. Surface Engineering and Coatings to Enhance Wear and
Corrosion Resistance Properties.
12. Machine Learning for Tribo-Properties
Predictions of Coatings.
13. Effect of Different Hardfacing Welds on Erosion
Wear Behavior of AISI 310SS.
14. Optimization of Plasma Spray Coatings Using
the Taguchi Method and Machine Learning.
15. Advantages and Applications of
Microwave Cladding Technology.
16. Shape Memory Alloys for Adaptive Solutions
in Aerospace.
17. Mechanical and Wear Properties of Inconel 718 Coatings
Reinforced with WC-Co via Laser Cladding.
18. Advantages of Laser Cladding
Technology in Surface Modification.
19. Fabrication of Surfaces with Chemical
Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) for Corrosion and
Wear Applications.
Dr. Gurbhej Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amritsar Group of Colleges, Punjab, India. Dr. Singh earned his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from CT University Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He specializes in surface engineering with a focus on microwave claddings, processing of materials using microwave energy, materials characterization, surface biomedical implants, biomaterials processing, polymeric composites, and nanocomposites. He has published more than 30 Papers out of which 18 are SCI indexed papers. He was recently honored with the Top Cited Paper Awards India 2022 in the review category. Additionally, he has contributed to numerous conference papers and book chapters. Dr. Singh is actively involved in the research community, serving as a reviewer for research articles. He has over ten years of teaching experience and has guided many M-Tech Students. Dr. Singh is Guest Editor of many journals, Dr. Singh has been granted a patent titled Minimum quantity lubrication device for machining operations.
Dr. Hitesh Vasudev is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His research areas include Surface Engineering/Thermal Spraying; development of Nano- structured, Multi-modal, High entropy alloys coatings for high temperature oxidation and corrosion resistance; Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs); and Microwave processing of materials. Dr. Vasudev has contributed extensively in thermal spray coatings in repute journals which include Surface coatings and Technology; Materials Today Communications; Engineering Failure Analysis; Journal of Cleaner Production, among others. He won the Research Excellence Award-2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023 at Lovely Professional University. He has written 40+ SCI indexed papers, 100 Scopus Indexed papers, 15 conference papers, 18 book chapters, and 5 books. Dr. Vasudev has been granted a patent titled High-Temperature Oxidation and Erosion Resistant Alloy-718/Al2O3 Composite Coatings.
