Investigation of wear and scuffing behaviour of ferrous thermal spray coatings for aluminum engines.
Date of Award
2004
Publication Type
Doctoral Thesis
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
Keywords
Engineering, Materials Science.
Supervisor
Alpas, A. T.
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
The development of lightweight internal combustion engines using materials such as cast aluminum alloys represents one of the most significant technological developments in the automotive industry. These engines reduce weight, which in turn reduce fuel consumption and emission. However, poor wear resistance and low seizure load of unprotected Al-Si alloys are a major drawback for applications involving sliding contact in automotive engine blocks. The wear resistance of cast aluminum parts can be improved by depositing coatings on the sliding surfaces. In this respect, iron based coatings deposited through a thermal spray process may play an important role in improving wear resistances of aluminium parts used in the automotive industry. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2004 .E37. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-10, Section: B, page: 5340. Advisers: A. T. Alpas; T. Perry. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2004.
Recommended Citation
Edrisy, Afsaneh, "Investigation of wear and scuffing behaviour of ferrous thermal spray coatings for aluminum engines." (2004). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2513.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/2513