Introduction to Surface Engineering

This illustrated reference work provides a comprehensive overview of the surface engineering discipline, focusing on automotive, machining, and biomedical fields.

P. A. Dearnley (Author)

9780521401685, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 January 2017

325 pages
26.1 x 18.3 x 3.2 cm, 1.09 kg

'Within the vast diverse literature of surface engineering this single authored work brings together all the many facets of the subject to provide a deep understanding of how the discipline can be implemented to enhance the performance of materials subjected to the most demanding conditions of stress, fatigue, wear, friction and corrosion.' George Krauss, University Emeritus Professor, Colorado School of Mines

This highly illustrated reference work covers the three principal types of surface technologies that best protect engineering devices and products: diffusion technologies, deposition technologies, and other less commonly acknowledged surface engineering (SE) techniques. Various applications are noted throughout the text and additionally whole chapters are devoted to specific SE applications across the automotive, gas turbine engine (GTE), metal machining, and biomedical implant sectors. Along with the benefits of SE, this volume also critically examines SE's limitations. Materials degradation pathways - those which can and those which cannot be mitigated by SE - are rigorously explained. Written from a scientific, materials engineering perspective, this concise text is supported by high-quality images and photo-micrographs which show how surfaces can be engineered to overcome the limits of conventionally produced materials, even in complex or hostile operating environments. This book is a useful resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as professional engineers.

Preface
1. Background to the subject
2. Surface engineering basics
3. Surface engineering with diffusion technologies
4. Surface engineering with deposition technologies
5. Surface engineering by other means
6. Surface degradation and its evaluation
7. Surface engineering for cutting tools
8. Surface engineering for automotive engine components
9. Surface engineering for gas turbine engines (GTEs)
10. Surface engineering for biomedical implants
Index.

Subject Areas: Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP], Transport technology & trades [TR], Mechanics of solids [TGMD], Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG], Technology, engineering, agriculture [T]