Lubricants are important factors in the tribology of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) surfaces, which are primarily comprised of a polished metallic or ceramic component articulating on an Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (PE) surface. Wear particles released from the PE surface are the primary cause of TJA failure. The human body responds to the foreign, microscale particles by activatin...

Concrete walls are constructed by pouring fresh concrete in-between formworks. The lifespan of these formworks is limited due to the abrasive nature concrete. present work investigates wear metallic and polymeric-coated plates in contact with Two formulations were studied: standard self-consolidating A plane-plane tribometer was used control friction against plates. This device reproduces imple...

The tribological understanding of friction and wear mechanisms and the generation of reliable friction and wear data are of increasing importance for the determination of reliability of machinery and availability of plants and transportation systems. To be of real value in reliability engineering, the tribological data should be expressed in terms of endurance life and probability of failure. T...

The use of materials with very attractive friction and wear properties has raised much attention in research and industrial sectors. A wide range of tribological applications, including rolling and sliding bearings, machining, mechanical seals, biomedical implants and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), require thin films with high mechanical strength, chemical inertness, broad optical trans...

Electrodeposition is a simple and economic technique for precision coating of different shaped substrates with pure metal, alloy or composite films. Dc electrodeposition was used to produce Cr, Co-Cr and Co-Cr/TiO2 nano-composite coatings from Cr(III) based electrolytes onto 316L SS substrates. The effects of TiO2 nanoparticles concentration on co-deposition of these particles along with Cr con...