Mechanisms of Steel Fatigue and Wear with Different Surface Coatings
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 57
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface coatings play a critical role in enhancing fatigue life and wear resistance of steel components under extreme mechanical and environmental conditions. Recent developments in coating technologies, including advanced nitride and carbide coatings, multilayer architectures, controllable regulation approaches for coating-substrate interfacial properties, and innovative deposition techniques (e.g., HiPIMS, pulsed laser deposition, and hybrid PVD-CVD processes), have significantly improved the tribological properties and fatigue resistance of coated steel systems. Understanding the fundamental mechanisms governing coating performance, substrate characteristics, and their interactions under various loading conditions are essential for optimizing coating design and performance, representing a critical challenge in the field of reliable coating applications.
This scope of this Special Issue will include, but is not limited to, the following fundamental and applied research topics:
- Fatigue crack initiation and propagation in coated steel substrates under cyclic loading.
- Wear mechanisms (adhesive, abrasive, tribo-oxidative) of hard coatings in sliding/rolling contact.
- Innovative coating technology and processes: HiPIMS, pulsed laser deposition, and hybrid PVD-CVD processes, etc..
- Coating-substrate interface science: Adhesion strength, residual stress effects, and failure modes.
- Surface engineering approaches: Gradient coatings, substrate pre-treatment and post-deposition treatments to enhance service life.
- Advanced characterization techniques: In situ tribology testing, SEM/TEM analysis of wear tracks, and 3D surface profilometry.
- Modeling and simulation: Finite element analysis of contact stresses, wear prediction models, and interfacial fracture mechanics.
- Industrial applications: Coatings for gears, bearings, cutting tools, and other steel components.
Dr. Ying Meng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anti-wear coatings
- mechanisms of fatigue and wear resistance
- coating processes
- surface and interface performance
- coatings modeling and simulation
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