Friction, Solid Particle Erosion and Wear Behavior of Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Tribology is the science that studies and analyzes elements in contact and relative motion. When these elements come into contact, they generate friction, which subsequently leads to wear on one or both of them. Several wear processes are fundamental to this science, such as solid particle erosion, which affects pipes transporting gas or liquids, gas or steam turbine blades, aircraft turbines, wind turbines and chutes in optical sorting machines; cavitation erosion, which occurs constantly in mechanical components handling high-velocity fluids such as mechanical pumps; corrosion damage, which is constant in mechanical elements exposed to the environment and humidity, abrasive wear, presents in automotive brake pads, excavation machinery, mining equipment and tillage tools and wheel-rail contact. Due to these wear processes and the mechanisms they cause on various alloy steels, other materials and mechanical elements, the ongoing study of the science, known as Tribology, is significant in various industry sectors.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Solid particle erosion
• Cavitation erosion
• Corrosion-erosion
• Abrasive wear
• Wheel-rail contact

Prof. Dr. Juan Rodrigo Laguna Camacho
Dr. Ezequiel Alberto Gallardo-Hernández
Guest Editors

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