Performance and Application of Metal Matrix Composite Coatings and Components
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Matrix Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 266
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cavitation erosion; abrasion; tribology; failure analysis; additive manufacturing; thermal spraying; thin films; shot peening; ion implantation; hardfacing; welding; cobalt alloys; nickel alloys; cermets; metal matrix composites; stainless and structural steels; fatigue; mechanical properties; microstructure
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Interests: thermal spraying; coatings; plasma; high-velocity oxy fuel; powders; suspension; solution; mechanical properties; thermophysical properties; materials science; biomaterials; metal matrix composites; photocatalysis; welding; soldering; brazing; thermal cutting; pressure welding; friction stir welding; automation and robotization of welding processes
Interests: surface engineering; wear mechanisms; tribology; corrosion; failure analysis; additive manufacturing; thin films; shot peening; metallic and ceramic biomaterials; titanium alloys; cobalt alloys; nickel alloys; auminium alloys; magnesium alloys; metal matrix composites; steels; nanoindentation; scratch testing; surface roughness; mechanical properties; microstructure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The up-to-date literature includes studies regarding metal matrix composite performance, applications, and systematic developments. Overall, from a broad range of engineering materials, metal-based composites are one of the most cost-effective and dominant antiwear coating materials, combining metallic matrix properties with the added benefit of strengthening the phase addition. Even though the literature on the subject explains the general factors that influence material properties, applications, and antideterioration properties, the continuous development of metal-based structures and their fabrication, processing, and treatment technology demand systematic reports on advances in the wear properties of metallic and ceramic materials.
This Special Issue focuses on the applications and performance of MMC (metal matrix composite) materials, such as weld hardfacing, thermally sprayed deposits, bulk composites, additive-manufactured metal structures, etc. In addition, papers focusing on operational performance improvements via microstructural property modifications and the deposition of novel wear-resistant coatings onto metal-based substrates are of interest. We hope that the scientific papers submitted to this Special Issue provide novel knowledge in materials science and mechanical engineering.
This Special Issue is open for submissions and welcomes original research contributions and review articles highlighting recent advances and future directions in the effect of microstructures on the wear, corrosion, and erosion behavior of metal-based composite coatings and components.
Dr. Mirosław Szala
Prof. Dr. Leszek Łatka
Prof. Dr. Mariusz Walczak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal matrix composite (MMC)
- microstructure and mechanical properties
- light metal alloy casting
- coatings, layers, and surface engineering
- in situ processes
- laser modification
- wear, tribology, and friction
- erosion and corrosion phenomena
- additive manufacturing technology
- hardfacing, cladding, and overlay welding
- thermal spraying and surfacing
- cements
- computational simulations
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